(snowboarding, skateboarding) A trick where the boarder grabs the heel edge of the board with their front hand, between their feet, and then pulls the board towards their back, while arching their back and bending knees.

plural of philosophical method

(chemistry) A method for predicting various important thermodynamic properties from a molecular structure.

plural of method actor

(computing) A method or means, usually a software or hardware component of a mainframe, to access data on an external storage device.

A highest-averages method for allocating seats, used to achieve proportional representation in elections.

Synonym of D'Hondt method

plural of Taguchi method

Any of a group of statistical methods intended to improve the quality of manufactured goods, and more recently applied in other areas such as biotechnology and advertising.

(numerical analysis) Any of a class of iterative root-finding algorithms used for functions of one real variable with continuous derivatives up to some order d + 1, each method being characterized by the number d.