systematic

Adjective
Synonyms: taxonomictaxonomical

WordNet 3.0

Adjective (2)

  1. characterized by order and planning“the investigation was very systematic”“a systematic administrator”
  2. of or relating to taxonomy“taxonomic relations”“a taxonomic designation”Synonyms: taxonomictaxonomical
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Systematic \Sys`tem*at"ic\, Systematical \Sys`tem*at"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. syst['e]matique.]

1.Of or pertaining to system; consisting in system; methodical; formed with regular connection and adaptation or subordination of parts to each other, and to the design of the whole; as, a systematic arrangement of plants or animals; a systematic course of study. [1913 Webster]

Now we deal much in essays, and unreasonably despise systematical learning; whereas our fathers had a just value for regularity and systems.— I. Watts.[1913 Webster]
A representation of phenomena, in order to answer the purposes of science, must be systematic.— Whewell.[1913 Webster]

2.Proceeding according to system, or regular method; as, a systematic writer; systematic benevolence. [1913 Webster]

3.Pertaining to the system of the world; cosmical. [1913 Webster]

These ends may be called cosmical, or systematical.— Boyle.[1913 Webster]

4.(Med.) Affecting successively the different parts of the system or set of nervous fibres; as, systematic degeneration. [1913 Webster]

Systematic theology. See under Theology. [1913 Webster]

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