constellatory

It seems to me that the best approach is to see that all of the approaches are reflections/manifestations of an underlying fundamental, and to use a more “constellatory” way of thinking that tries to survey the whole scene and to discern in a more profound way what is going on.

Ferson et al. on Interactions between Data Mining and Spurious Regression « Climate Audit 2005

While I am, regrettably, unschooled in the field of astro-nomy/-logy, perhaps if I describe the constellatory patterns in the night-sky above, it would ease your attempt to pinpoint my approximate location.

Y.P.R.: To the Chap Who Finds This Bottled-Enclosed Message 2003