Method and Layout

noun

• A way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps. )
• An acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them to identify with the character being portrayed.
  • synonyms: method acting

• (n.) An orderly procedure or process; regular manner of doing anything; hence, manner; way; mode; as, a method of teaching languages; a method of improving the mind.
• (n.) Orderly arrangement, elucidation, development or classification; clear and lucid exhibition; systematic arrangement peculiar to an individual.
• (n.) Classification; a mode or system of classifying natural objects according to certain common characteristics; as, the method of Theophrastus; the method of Ray; the Linnaean method.

noun

• A plan or design of something that is laid out.
• The act of laying out (as by making plans for something. ).