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SYSTEMATIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Characterized by order and planning
Example:
a systematic administrator
Classified under:
Also:
organized (methodical and efficient in arrangement or function)
regular (in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle)
Antonym:
unsystematic (lacking systematic arrangement or method or organization)
Derivation:
system (an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or relating to taxonomy
Example:
a taxonomic designation
Synonyms:
systematic; taxonomic; taxonomical
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Context examples:
A device designed to install something or distribute something in a systematic way.
(Device Deployer Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)
A systematic statement of policy rules or principles.
(Guideline, NCI Thesaurus)
A systematic course of action that is performed in order to complete a laboratory test.
(Laboratory Test Method, NCI Thesaurus)
Systematic, objective appraisal of the significance, effectiveness, and impact of activities or condition according to specified objectives and criteria.
(Evaluation, NCI Thesaurus)
A division within the National Cancer Institute that coordinates the scientific review of extramural research for consideration of funding, and provides systematic surveillance after awards are made.
(Division of Extramural Activities, NCI Thesaurus)
Passage through time; duration; a systematic or/and orderly succession; a sequence, e.g. course of treatment; a mode of action or behavior; natural development, typical manner of proceeding.
(Course, NCI Thesaurus)
The systematic arrangement of adverse events based on common characteristics such as properties and outcomes.
(Adverse Event Classification, NCI Thesaurus)
The systematic account of natural phenomena; in medicine, the elucidation and description of disease progress.
(Natural History, NCI Thesaurus)
Systematic and extensive loss of memory caused by organic or psychological factors.
(Amnesia, NCI Thesaurus)
The systematic manner in which this was done made me think that he could not mean to confine himself to two sides of London.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
