A Topical Dictionary: Search for systematic

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English 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.
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Now we deal much in essays, and unreasonably despise
systematical learning; whereas our fathers had a
just value for regularity and systems. --I. Watts.
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A representation of phenomena, in order to answer
the purposes of science, must be systematic.
--Whewell.
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2. Proceeding according to system, or regular method; as, a
systematic writer; systematic benevolence.
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3. Pertaining to the system of the world; cosmical.
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These ends may be called cosmical, or systematical.
--Boyle.
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4. (Med.) Affecting successively the different parts of the
system or set of nervous fibres; as, systematic
degeneration.
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Systematic theology. See under Theology.
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WordNet systematic
adj 1: characterized by order and planning; "the investigation was
very systematic"; "a systematic administrator" [ant: unsystematic]
2: not haphazard; "a series of orderly actions at regular
hours" [syn: orderly]

Moby Dictionary
accordant , alike , analytical , arranged , automatic , balanced ,
businesslike , consistent , consonant , constant , continuous ,
correspondent , equable , equal , even , flat , formal , habitual ,
harmonious , homogeneous , immutable , in hand , invariable , level ,
logical , measured , mechanical , methodic , methodical , monolithic ,
normal , of a piece , ordered , orderly , organized , persistent ,
planned , regular , regular as clockwork , robotlike , routine , smooth ,
stable , standard , standardized , steadfast , steady , symmetrical ,
systematized , unbroken , unchangeable , unchanged , unchanging ,
undeviating , undifferentiated , undiversified , uniform , unruffled ,
unvaried , unvarying , usual , well-ordered , well-regulated

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