systematic

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/ˌsɪs.tɪˈmæt.ɪk/
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/ˌsɪs.tɪˈmæt.ɪk/ · /ˌsɪs.təˈmæt.ɪk/ · [ˌsɪs.təˈmæɾ.ɪk] · /ˌsəs.təˈmɛt.ək/ · [ˌsəs.təˈmɛɾ.ək]

Definition of systematic

7 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Carried out according to a planned, ordered procedure.
    “The existence of a systematic nomenclature for the unknown elements does not deny the right of 'discoverers' of new elements to suggest other names to the Commission after their discovery has been established beyond all doubt in the general scientific community.”
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adj

  1. Carried out according to a planned, ordered procedure.
    “The existence of a systematic nomenclature for the unknown elements does not deny the right of 'discoverers' of new elements to suggest other names to the Commission after their discovery has been established beyond all doubt in the general scientific community.”
  2. (broadly)Methodical; regular and orderly.
    “Particular note, in this period, should be made of the actions of Joseph Denman, commander of the Northern Division of the Squadron, who went on an absolutely ruthless and systematic campaign along the African coast, burning so-called "slaving factories" to the ground and openly daring anyone who objected to try and stop him.”
  3. Treating an object as a system or coherent whole.
    “the systematic study of religious beliefs”
  4. Of or relating to taxonomic classification.
  5. Of, relating to, or in accordance with generally recognized conventions for the naming of chemicals.
  6. (archaic, literary)Of, relating to, or being a system.
    “But the systematic judgment is altogether unprofitable. Its author has not really his eye upon the professed object of his criticism at all, but upon something else, which he wants to prove by means of that object. […] As it is, all that he tells us is that he is no genuine critic, but a man with a system, an advocate.”
    “And Paruta’s work also suggests that Venetians in the generation following the battle of Lepanto, although without altogether abandoning systematic views, were tending increasingly to look to history for their understanding of human affairs.”

adv

  1. (colloquial)systematically
    “"So soon as they've settled all our guns and ships, and smashed our railways, and done all the things they are doing over there, they will begin catching us systematic, picking the best and storing us in cages and things."”
    “And say, when them Gogs started out to put a thing through they did it systematic and thorough.”

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Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin systēmaticus, from Koine Greek συστηματικός (sustēmatikós), from σύστημᾰ (sústēmă, “a composite; system”) + -ῐκός (-ĭkós, adjective suffix). Cognate with French systématique and Italian sistematico. By surface analysis, system + -atic.

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