methodology Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the branch of philosophy that analyzes the principles and procedures of inquiry in a particular discipline
    methodological analysis.
  2. noun the system of methods followed in a particular discipline

WordNet

Meth`od*ol"o*gy noun
Etymology
Gr. method + -logy.
Definitions
  1. The science of method or arrangement; a treatise on method. Coleridge.

Webster 1913