n.
Pronunciation: ˌ me-th ə - ' dä-l ə -j ē
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -gies
Etymology: New Latin methodologia, from Latin methodus + -logia -logy
Date: 1800
1 : a body of methods, rules, and postulates employed by a discipline : a particular procedure or set of procedures
2 : the analysis of the principles or procedures of inquiry in a particular field