Systematic

Definition: Systematic

Systematic

Adjective

1. Characterized by order and planning; "the investigation was very systematic"; "a systematic administrator".

2. Not haphazard; "a series of orderly actions at regular hours".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "systematic" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1550. (references)

Statistics

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Synonym: Systematic

Arrangement

Adjective: arranged; Verb: embattled, in battle array; cut and dried; methodical, orderly, regular, systematic.

Botany

Noun: botany; physiological botany, structural botany, systematic botany; phytography, phytology, phytotomy; vegetable physiology,

Order

Adjective: orderly, regular; in order,in trim, in apple-pie order, in its proper place; neat, tidy, en regle, well regulated, correct, methodical, uniform, symmetrical, shipshape, businesslike, systematic; unconfused; (see confuse; ); arranged.

Crosswords: Systematic

Books

• Systematic Palaeontology and Stratigraphic Distribution of the Ammonite Faunas of the French Coniaci (reference)

• Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology Volume 1: The Archaea, Cyanobacteria, Phototrophs & Deeply (reference)

• Non-Archimedean Analysis: A Systematic Approach to Rigid Analytic Geometry (Grundlehren Der Mathematischen Wissenschaften 261) (reference)

• A Systematic Revision of the Sabellidae Caobangiidae Sabellongidae Complex (Annelida: Polychaeta) (reference)

• A further systematic study of the genus Acarus L., 1758 (Acaridae, Acarina) with a key to species (reference)

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Periodicals

• Bibliography Of Systematic Mycology (reference)

• Australian Systematic Botany Society Membership (reference)

• Systematic Botany (reference)

• Japanese Journal Of Systematic Entomology = Nihon Konchu Bunrui Gakkai Kaiho (reference)

• Systematic Entomology (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Systematic Trader (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

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The Gulf Stream by the Coast Survey Based on a series of studies beginning in 1845 The Coast Survey established a number of sections for repeated observations The first systematic oceanographic studies of the Gulf Stream Integrated oceanography, marine geology, and meteorology into these cruises. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

"The Aleutian Trench" compiled by Harold W. Murray of the Coast and Geodetic Survey and published in the "Bulletin of the Geological Society of America," Vol. 56, p. 757-782, Plate I. Soundings for making these profiles were acquired between 1925 and 1939 by following systematic tracklines from the U. S. West Coast to the Aleutians for hydrographic surveying operations. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Map from the first systematic ocean mapping surveys. These surveys were conducted by the Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship PIONEER between 1961-63. C&GS ships plied between Hawaii and the Aleutians on Project Seamap until the early 1970's. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 9. Buchanan piezometer (Water Model). John Buchanan was responsible for the systematic use of various apparatus for the study of sea water and its properties during the CHALLENGER Expedition. To that end, he invented and deployed numerous piezometers including this one that was tested March 6, 1876, in the south Atlantic at Lat. 37 S, Long. 43 W. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Dead Reckoning Lines in the Gulf of Alaska. Showing the systematic planning of tracklines year by year from 1925 to 1939 by the Coast and Geodetic Survey. In: "Submarine Mountains in the Gulf of Alaska" by Harold W. Murray of the C&GS. Published in Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 1941, Vol 52, pp. 333-362. Offprint call number: 526.98 M98. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Profiles of Giacomini Seamount discovered in the Gulf of Alaska by systematic Coast and Geodetic tracklines between 1925 and 1939. In: "Submarine Mountains in the Gulf of Alaska" by Harold W. Murray of the C&GS. Published in Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 1941, Vol 52, pp. 333-362. Offprint call number: 526.98 M98. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 5. Stellwagen sampling sounder invented by Lieutenant Henry S. Stellwagen, USN, while on Coast Survey duty in 1842. This sampler was undoubted ly one of the first sounder-samplers of simple design that was used in a systematic manner for scientific purposes. It was invented in 1842. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 11. Lightning sounder, designed in 1866 by Lieutenant Charles C. P. Fitz gerald, RN. This model was used on the LIGHTNING during the Faroe Islands expedition of 1868. It was used for systematic sounding operations in depths up to 1189 meters and according to Charles Wyville Thomson, a mission participant, it never failed despite its primitive and unlikely appearance. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Supervisory Naval Architect Morton Gertler directs Instrument Maker Carson W. Caudle in preparing a model of the submarine for further tests at the David Taylor Model Basin, Carderock, Maryland, 1 March 1956. "This new type of submarine hull design was selected from a systematic series of streamlined bodies developed by Mr. Gertler, who also supervised the thorough development testing program that resulted in the hull and appendages as they now exist on the submarine Albacore." (quoted from the original picture caption). Credit: NAVY.

We demand that the United States government end its systematic oppression of political dissidents ... : strike!. Credit: Library of Congress.

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By degrees they sink into the category of the reactionary conservative Socialists depicted above, differing from these only by more systematic pedantry, and by their fanatical and superstitious belief in the miraculous effects of their social science. (reference)

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Health

A number of studies excluded by the systematic review were also addressed. (references)

This restricts randomized trials to those therapies that have shown potential usefulness in systematic preclinical studies. (references)

Consequently, the systematic evaluation of the effects of earlier identification and earlier intervention can now be conducted. (references)

Business

Warehouses have experienced systematic pilfering from dishonest workers. (references)

A likely explanation is gross systematic under-reporting of crime by victims to the authorities. (references)

This law provides a systematic, European approach for the resolution of social and organizational problems. (references)

Children

Ghana

In practice persons with disabilities are not discriminated against in any systematic or overt manner. (references)

Guatemala

The Peace Accords, recognizing the systematic violation of children's right to health, called for a 50 percent reduction in infant and maternal mortality and a 50 percent increase in public health spending. (references)

Ghana

In the past, there were reports that the girls were the sexual property of the priests; however, while instances of abuse may occur on a case-by-case basis, there is no evidence that sexual or physical abuse is an ingrained or systematic part of the practice. (references)

Civil Liberties

Iraq

According to numerous deportees in the north, the Government generally uses a systematic procedure to evict and deport non-Arab citizens. (references)

India

The occasional deportation of Bangladeshis judged to have entered the country illegally continued during the year, but there was no repetition of the systematic roundup of Bangladeshis for mass deportation that has been conducted by the Maharashtra government in the past. (references)

Gabon

The CNC cited the periodical's lack of respect for citizens' privacy and maintained that the newspaper's systematic "attacks" on the integrity of President Bongo and his family were "unconstitutional." The newspaper filed an appeal in the Constitutional Court against the suspension and lost. (references)

Discrimination

Syria

Apart from some discrimination against Jews and stateless Kurds, there are no apparent patterns of systematic government discrimination based on race, sex, religion, disability, language, or social status. (references)

Economic History

Oman

No systematic information on foreign direct investment is available. (references)

Kazakhstan

Nevertheless, systematic intellectual property violations persist and enforcement remains sporadic at best. (references)

Human Rights

Turkey

Government officials admitted that torture occurs but denied that it was systematic. (references)

Congo

Reports from former detainees indicate a systematic pattern of beatings, undernourishment, and deliberate killings in these houses. (references)

Brazil

Both reports meticulously detailed inhuman conditions and systematic and wide-ranging abuses of human rights throughout the prison system. (references)

Indigenous People

Australia

Human rights groups have alleged a pattern of mistreatment and arbitrary arrests occurring against a backdrop of systematic discrimination. (references)

Minorities

Nepal

While this prejudice is not systematic, it can be vehement and occasionally violent. (references)

Burundi

Almost 4 decades of violence and systematic societal discrimination have exacerbated the genocide and exclusion fears of both Tutsis and Hutus. (references)

Political Economy

Iraq

Military and security forces committed widespread, serious, and systematic human rights abuses. (references)

Afghanistan

Taliban restrictions against women and girls remained widespread, institutionally sanctioned, and systematic throughout most of the year. (references)

Zimbabwe

A government-sanctioned, systematic campaign of violence targeting supporters and potential supporters of the opposition began in the run-up to parliamentary elections in 2000 and continued to intensify during the year. (references)

Political Rights

Burma

The military junta continued its systematic use of coercion and intimidation to deny citizens the right to change their government. (references)

Egypt

The EOHR conducted a small-scale monitoring effort, but there was no systematic, large-scale independent monitoring of the elections. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

The HDZ engaged in a systematic campaign of threats and intimidation, most intensively in April and May, to try to force Croats to back its drive for Croat self-government. (references)

Trade

Uzbekistan

There is no systematic approach to government procurement in Uzbekistan. (references)

Switzerland

The ISO Series 9001-9003 recommend specific approaches and processes in systematic quality control. (references)

Guatemala

Foreign borrowers face no systematic discrimination in terms or access but local real interest rates are 11 to 15 percent. (references)

Women

Djibouti

Many believe that the incidence of infibulation has decreased, although no systematic data were available on the problem. (references)

Hong Kong

In January the Government established a Women's Commission to address women's concerns in a comprehensive and systematic manner. (references)

Nepal

Women face systematic discrimination, particularly in rural areas, where religious and cultural tradition, lack of education, and ignorance of the law remain severe impediments to their exercise of basic rights such as the right to vote or to hold property in their own names. (references)

Worker Rights

Croatia

Unlike in previous years, there were no reports of systematic firings on grounds of ethnicity during the year. (references)

Madagascar

There also apparently has been systematic use of detainees and prisoners as personal servants by a substantial number of magistrates, judiciary officials, and local government figures. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "systematic": periodic systematic sampling ♦ systematic botany ♦ systematic catalogue ♦ systematic design ♦ systematic desinsitization ♦ systematic error ♦ Systematic Evolution of Ligands by Exponential Enrichment ♦ systematic index ♦ systematic jitter ♦ Systematic Nutritional Muscle Testing ♦ systematic person ♦ systematic review ♦ systematic risk ♦ systematic sample ♦ systematic sampling ♦ systematic selection ♦ systematic square ♦ systematic theology ♦ systematic variation. Additional references.

Ending with "systematic": non-systematic.

Albanian

sistematik (methodical, regular, systematical), i rregullt (above board, correct, done, even, formal, frequent, habitual, honest, just, licit, measured, neat, normal, on the level, orderly, regular, right, steady, systematical, tidy, trig, trim). (various references)

Arabic 

‏منهجي (formal, methodical, orderly, tidy), ‏منظم (arranger, disposed, governor, in good order, marshaled, neat, orderly, organized, organizer, regular, steward, tidy, well arranged, well ordered, well-organized), ‏منظوم (rhymed), ‏متناسق (consistent, coordinated, harmonic, methodical, regular, symmetric, symmetrical), ‏نظامي (businesslike, constant, disciplinarian, methodical, regular, regulation), ‏تصنيفي, ‏ترتيبي (ordinal). (various references)

Bulgarian 

системен (methodical, orderly, steady), систематически, систематичен (methodical, organic), методичен (exact, methodic, methodical, orderly, well-regulated), планов (planned), планомерен (according to plan, methodical, planned). (various references)

Chinese 

有系統 , 有系统 (Systematical). (various references)

Czech

systematický (businesslike, systematically), soustavný, metodický (methodical, orderly). (various references)

Danish

systematisk (systemic). (various references)

Dutch

systematisch (systemic). (various references)

Esperanto

sistema, laŭsistema. (various references)

Farsi 

همست دار, قاعده دار, باهمست . (various references)

Finnish

systemaattinen. (various references)

French

systématique (systematics). (various references)

Frisian

systematysk. (various references)

German

systematisch (methodic, methodical, systematical). (various references)

Greek 

συστηματικόσ (systematical), συστηματικός (systemic). (various references)

Hebrew 

שיטתי (methodical). (various references)

Hungarian

szisztematikus (methodical, systematical), rendszeres (methodical, orderly, systematical), módszeres (methodical). (various references)

Italian

sistematico (methodical, systematical). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

計�"�的 , 規則的 (regular, routine), 規則正しい (regular), 系統的 , 組�"的 , 整然たる (orderly), 正則 (correct, formal, normal, proper, regular), �"系的 , シグモイド関数 (San Francisco, scissors cut, shish-kebabs, sigmoid function, signal ground, sissy, sister, sysop, system, System 5, system bus, system camera, system component, system converter, system house, system kitchen, system menu, system operator, system television, systems, systems administrator, systems analysis, systems analyst, systems approach, systems design, systems designer, systems engineer, systems engineering, systems flow chard, systems hacking, systems network, systems planner). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たいけいてき, きそくた� しい (regular, well-regulated), そしきてき, きそくてき (regular, routine), せいぜ�"たる (orderly), せいそく (correct, formal, inhabiting, inhabitting, living, normal, proper, regular), システマチック , システマティック , けいかくてき, けいとうてき. (various references)

Korean 

체계 (system, Systematical). (various references)

Manx

oardreilagh (imperative, ordinand, ruler). (various references)

Pig Latin

ystematicsay

Portuguese

sistemático (methodical, systematical). (various references)

Romanian

sistematic (business-like, orderly, systematically). (various references)

Russian 

систематический (regular, systematical). (various references)

Scottish

dòigheil (business-like, well-arranged). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

sistematičan (methodical). (various references)

Spanish

sistemático (habitual, ordinal, regular, systematical). (various references)

Swedish

systematisk (systematical). (various references)

Thai

ซึ่งเป็นระบบ. (various references)

Turkish

sistemli (businesslike, methodical, orderly, systematical), sistematik (scientific, systematical), yöntemli (systematical), düzenli (clean-cut, coordinate, dainty, equal, even, harmonious, in good trim, in order, methodical, neat, ordered, orderly, organized, regular, right, settled, snug, stated, steady, systematical, tidy). (various references)

Ukrainian

систематичний (classified, methodic, methodical, systematical). (various references)

Vietnamese 

có hệ thống có phương pháp (systematical). (various references)

Welsh

cyfundrefnol. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "systematic": systematically, systematicness, systematicnesses, systematics. (additional references)

Words ending with "systematic": biosystematic, nonsystematic, unsystematic. (additional references)

Words containing "systematic": biosystematics, unsystematically. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Systematic" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sistematic, systemathic, systhematic. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: casteism, etatisms, misstate, statices, systemic.

-3 letters: ascites, camises, catties, ecstasy, ectasis, etatism, mastics, misacts, miscast, miseats, misseat, myiases, mystics, samites, satiety, sematic, stactes, statice, statics, statism, stymies, tamises, testacy.

-4 letters: amices, attics, camise, castes, cattie, cestas, cyesis, maists, mastic, mateys, mattes, mayest, misact, misate, miseat, missay, misset, myases, myasis, mystic, saices, samite, sayest.

+1 letter: systematics.

+2 letters: sympathetics, unsystematic.

+3 letters: biosystematic, nonsystematic.

+4 letters: biosystematics, systematically, systematicness.

+5 letters: sympathectomies.