Универсальный англо-русский словарь. Академик.ру. 2011.
method of least squares — noun a method of fitting a curve to data points so as to minimize the sum of the squares of the distances of the points from the curve • Syn: ↑least squares • Topics: ↑statistics • Hypernyms: ↑statistical method, ↑statistical procedure * * * … Useful english dictionary
procedure — pro·ce·dure /prə sē jər/ n 1: one or more methods or steps for the enforcement or administration of rights, duties, justice, or laws civil procedure police procedure compare procedural law … Law dictionary
method — method, mode, manner, way, fashion, system are comparable when they denote the means taken or the plan or procedure followed in doing a kind of work or in achieving an end. Method may denote either an abstraction or a concrete procedure, but in… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
method — I noun arrangement, blueprint, classification, consistency, course, course of action, custom, discipline, established order, fixed order, formula, habit, layout, logical order, manner, master plan, means, mode, modus, operation, order,… … Law dictionary
method — [meth′əd] n. [Fr méthode < L methodus < Gr methodos, a going after, pursuit, system < meta, after (see META ) + hodos, a way (see ODE1)] 1. a way of doing anything; mode; procedure; process; esp., a regular, orderly, definite procedure… … English World dictionary
Method — Meth od, n. [F. m[ e]thode, L. methodus, fr. Gr. meqodos method, investigation following after; meta after + odo s way.] 1. An orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of teaching… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
method acting — Method Meth od, n. [F. m[ e]thode, L. methodus, fr. Gr. meqodos method, investigation following after; meta after + odo s way.] 1. An orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
method — [n1] means, procedure adjustment, approach, arrangement, channels, course, custom, design, disposal, disposition, fashion, form, formula, habit, line, manner, mechanism, method, mode, modus, modus operandi, nuts and bolts*, plan, practice,… … New thesaurus
procedure — 1610s, fact or manner of proceeding, from Fr. procédure manner of proceeding (c.1200), from O.Fr. proceder (see PROCEED (Cf. proceed)). Meaning method of conducting business in Parliament is from 1839. First appearance of procedural is 1889 … Etymology dictionary
procedure — [prō sē′jər, prəsē′jər] n. [Fr procédure < MFr < proceder: see PROCEED] 1. the act, method, or manner of proceeding in some action; esp., the sequence of steps to be followed 2. a particular course of action or way of doing something 3. the … English World dictionary
procedure — *process, proceeding Analogous words: ordering or order, arrangement (see corresponding verbs at ORDER): *method, system, manner, way: con ducting or conduct, management (see corresponding verbs at CONDUCT) … New Dictionary of Synonyms
