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systematic

/ˌsɪs.təˈmæt.ɪk/

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What does systematic mean?

adjective

  1. Carried out according to a planned, ordered procedure.
  2. Methodical; regular and orderly.
  3. Treating an object as a system or coherent whole.
More meanings (4)

adjective

  1. Of or relating to taxonomic classification.
  2. Of, relating to, or in accordance with generally recognized conventions for the naming of chemicals.
  3. (archaic, literary) Of, relating to, or being a system.

adverb

  1. systematically

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IPA pronunciation

/ˌsɪs.təˈmæt.ɪk/

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We continued our systematic survey of the edge of the sodden portion of the moor, and soon our perseverance was gloriously rewarded.
Arthur Conan DoyleThe Return of Sherlock HolmesProject Gutenberg ebook #108
Now the fertility of first crosses between species, and of the hybrids produced from them, is largely governed by their systematic affinity.
Charles DarwinOn the Origin of Species By Means of Natural Selection Or, the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for LifeProject Gutenberg ebook #1228
More book examples (3)
Plato and others noticed the similarity of some Phrygian words to Greek, but no systematic comparison seems ever to have been instituted.
A. C. (Albert Charles) SewardDarwin and Modern ScienceProject Gutenberg ebook #1909
He was hardly interested in botany, except from the somewhat abstract point of view of classification and the systematic arrangement of species.
Georges Victor LegrosFabre, Poet of ScienceTranslated by Bernard MiallProject Gutenberg ebook #3489
As the creator of the sciences of comparative anatomy, systematic zoology, embryology, teratology, botany and physiology, his writings have an eternal interest.
William, Sir OslerThe Evolution of Modern Medicine A Series of Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the Silliman Foundation in April, 1913Project Gutenberg ebook #1566