|sistə̇|mad.]ik, -at], ]ēk adjective
also sys·tem·at·i·cal ]ə̇kəl, ]ēk-\
Etymology: systematic from Late Latin systematicus, from Greek systēmatikos, from systēmat-, systēma system + -ikos -ic; systematical from Late Latin systematicus + English -al
1.
a. : expounding a subject or covering a field thoroughly according to an orderly scheme or plan
systematic study of market movements and consumer demand — F.H.Boland
a systematic treatise
a systematic scholar
b. : reduced to or presented or formulated as a coherent body of ideas or principles : offering or constituting a complete scheme, outline, or classification
systematic philosophical thought
c. : marked by or manifesting system, method, or orderly procedure : following or observing a plan : methodical , regular
systematic examination of the terrain was begun — American Guide Series: Pennsylvania
as a workman he was systematic
2. : of or relating to classification especially in the sciences
the systematic name of a chemical
: taxonomic
systematic botany
3. : systemic
4.
a. : of, relating to, or constituting a group of two or more periods in classical prosody
b. : of, relating to, or constituting a group of verses in the same classical measure
Synonyms: see orderly