Hypertext Webster Gateway: "routine"

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) 1.7 (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}]


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