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systematic
sys·tem·at·ic
[
sìstə máttik
]
or
sys·tem·at·ic·al
[
sìstə máttik'l
]
adjective
Definition:
1.
done methodically:
carried out in a methodical and organized manner
2.
well organized:
habitually using a method or system for organization
3.
methodical:
deliberate and regular in a methodical manner
4.
based on system:
constituting, based on, or resembling a system
5.
biology
relating to taxonomic classification:
in accordance with a system of taxonomic classification
systematics
[
Mid-17th century. Via late Latin< Greek
sustēmatikos
<
sustēma
(see
system
)
]
sys·tem·at·i·cal·ly
adverb
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