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routine |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Routine \Rou*tine"\, n. [F., fr route a path, way road. See {Route}, {Rote}repetition.] 1. A round of business, amusement, or pleasure, daily or frequently pursued; especially, a course of business or offical duties regularly or frequently returning. 2. Any regular course of action or procedure rigidly adhered to by the mere force of habit. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: routine adj 1: occurring at fixed times or predictable intervals; "made her routine trip to the store" 2: found in the ordinary course of events; "a placid everyday scene"; "it was a routine day"; "there's nothing quite like a real...train conductor to add color to a quotidian commute"- Anita Diamant [syn: {everyday}, {mundane}, {quotidian}, {unremarkable}, {workaday}] n 1: an unvarying or habitual method of procedure [syn: {modus operandi}] 2: a short theatrical performance that is part of a longer program; "he did his act three times every evening"; "she had a catchy little routine"; "it was one of the best numbers he ever did" [syn: {act}, {number}, {turn}, {bit}] 3: a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program [syn: {subroutine}, {subprogram}, {procedure}, {function}] From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: routine {subroutine}
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