What is the definition of the term "methods" related to experimental science?
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procedures or guidelines
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procedure in science....the steps taken to test a hypothesis
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1) You think of a possible solution to the problem.\n\n2) You try to solve the problem by using your hypothesis.\n\n3) Did you solve the problem?  If not, go back to step one.\n\nThe scientific method in action
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In a word: objectivity.\n\nScience is the sole discipline that relies entirely and exclusively on objectivity. Other methods utilise large degree of subjectivity. \n\nBasically what that means is that if I do something that is 'science' it has to be possible for anyone else to do exactly the same thing and get exactly the same results. The only thing that matters in science is what was seen or done, not who the scientist or observer was. And as a result the scientific method produces results that everybody has to agree on. Everybody may not agree on the conclusions drawn, but everybody is able to agree that the results were as described.\n\nIn contrast other methods depend largely on the observer. Two different psychologists can talk to the same person and each will say different things about his sanity. Two theologians will read the same passage and claim that it means two different things. Such disciplines are subjective. What is seen to exist depends entirely on who is looking at it.
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"The earliest known roots of the scientific method trace as far back as Imhotep (c. 2600 BC), who is credited as the orginal author of the Edwin Smith papyrus; though this work is believed to be based on earlier material as early as circa 3000 BC. The methods entailed in the Edwin Smith papyrus (circa 1600 BC), an ancient surgical textbook, reflect the basic components of the scientific method: examination, diagnosis, treatment and prognosis."\n\n"Aristotle provided yet another of the ingredients of scientific tradition: empiricism. ... In Aristotelian science, we find the beginnings of a primitive inductive method, although one that is based on collections of objects rather than experimentation."\n\n"In his enunciation of a 'method' in the 13th century Roger Bacon, under the tuition of Robert Grosseteste, was inspired by the writings of Arab alchemists who had preserved and built upon Aristotle's portrait of induction. Bacon described a repeating cycle of observation, hypothesis, experimentation, and the need for independent verification. In the 17th century, Francis Bacon attempted to describe a rational procedure for establishing causation between phenomena."
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What is known comes from experiment.
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empirical and historical\n\n"However, there are two forms of science: empirical and historical. The first involves repeatability in the lab, the second involves interpreting sequences of events. Scientists cannot empirically test every aspect of Einstein's theories but they can establish their validity through observations of nature. ID fits this definition. Darwinian evolution is considered science but much of that theory cannot be repeated/demonstrated in the lab."
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Steps of the scientific method\n\n1.  Name the problem or question\n\n2.  Form an educated guess (hypothesis)\n     of the cause of the problem and make\n     predictions based upon the hypothesis\n\n 3.  Test your hypothesis by doing an\n     experiment or study (with proper controls)\n\n 4.  Check and interpret your results\n\n 5.  Report your results to the scientific\n     community
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biology:n. The scientific study of living things and their life processes
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any of various methods, theories that have no scientific basis. such as astrology, psychokinesis, or clairvoyance,
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sci·ence (sī'əns) \nn.\n\nThe observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanation of phenomena.\nSuch activities restricted to a class of natural phenomena.\nSuch activities applied to an object of inquiry or study.\nMethodological activity, discipline, or study: I've got packing a suitcase down to a science.\nAn activity that appears to require study and method: the science of purchasing.\nKnowledge, especially that gained through experience\n\n\nACCOUNTING:\n\n\nThe bookkeeping methods involved in making a financial record of business transactions and in the preparation of statements concerning the assets, liabilities, and operating results of a business.
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Science is the study of anything through application of what is known as The Scientific Method.  The Scientific Method consists of certain principles and procedures for the systematic pursuit of knowledge.  This involves the recognition of the problem and careful description of it in order to understand exactly what you are studying.  This is followed by collection of data by experimentation and observation of the thing under study.  From this gathering of data, you than are able to formulate  hypotheses and test them.
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The science (and corresponding technology) that seeks to understand and control the atomic and molecular structure of matter. ... Traditional chemistry is perhaps the most extablished method ... out how. Nanotechnology is now bringing us the ability to ... of modern chemistry are an essential part of nanotechnology ...
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Technology: The group of methods ("techniques") we use to transform the world we live in and the things in it.\n\nTechnology is a word with origins in the Greek word technologia (τεχνολογια), techne (τεχνη) "craft" + logia (λογια) "saying". It is an encompassing term dealing with the use and knowledge of humanity's tools and crafts.\n\n\nNOUN: \npl. tech·nol·o·gies \n\nThe application of science, especially to industrial or commercial objectives. \nThe scientific method and material used to achieve a commercial or industrial objective. \nElectronic or digital products and systems considered as a group: a store specializing in office technology. \nAnthropology The body of knowledge available to a society that is of use in fashioning implements, practicing manual arts and skills, and extracting or collecting materials.\n\nWant my personal one?  Technology is the reflect of humankind´s need to control rather than understand the universe.
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By methods I presume you mean analytical tools, by which these are: electrophoresis, spectrophotometers, chromatography, gas photometers...i cant think of anymore
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The scientific method is to:\n\nObserve\nHypothesise\nTest\nAssess\nRepeat the process\nRepeat again... and again... and again... etc.\n\n>If you observe something occurring\n(eg. A shooting star falls towards the earth)\n>You Hypothesise for something to have happened \n(eg. that the star landed just over the horizon)\n>You test your hypothesis\n(eg. you travel to where the star appeared to fall)\n> You assesss whether the hypothesis was correct\n(eg. you could not evidence of something falling there)\n\nFrom this you can repeat the excersize until you get a correct answer.\n>observe: the star moved towards the horizon\n>hypothesise: the earth is round and so the star moved along a tangent to the earth, passing out of the atmosphere\n>test: ask someone further along the path of the star\n>Assess: the star dissapeared at a point over the horizon and did not land on earth. Therefore my hypothesis could be correct.\n\nAfter a valid hypothesis is concluded then it becomes theory... you would then go out and try to prove your theory... such as proving the world is round, or is there another reason the star dissapeared (it may have burnt up in atmosphere).\n\nAs you see... science is a lot of work.
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an experiment is used to test a hypothesis.  \nhypothesis: i think that if i drop my pencil, it will stop when it hits the ground.\nexperiment: drop your pencil.\n\nif it stops when it hits the ground, you have proven your hypothesis.  if it goes through the ground, you had better find some wings fast, becuase the you are about to fall a very long way, or else you are dreaming ;)