(n.) Any method that is invoked with respect to an instance of a class. Also called method..

A method that accesses the instance fields and class fields declared in its class.

Any method that can be invoked using an instance of a class, but not using the class name. Instance methods are defined in class definitions. See also class method.

Any method that is invoked with respect to an instance of a class. Also called simply a method. See also class method.

In SOM, a method valid for an object instance (as opposed to a class method, which is valid for a class object). An instance method that an object responds to is defined by its class or inherited from an ancestor class.

method that describes how a particular operation is carried out by every instance of a class. also class method.

A invoked method that references a specific instance of a class.

In the Objective-C language, any method that can be used by an instance of a class rather than by the class object.

(def1 - simple) A method that an instance of an object implements (as opposed to it's class). I denote an instance method by: anInstancemethod

A non- static method of a class. Such a method is passed an implicit this reference to the object that invoked it. See also class method and static.