'System' definitions:

Definition of 'system'

(from WordNet)
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Instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer"
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A group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going" [syn: system, scheme]
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(physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium; "in a static system oil cannot be replaced by water on a surface"; "a system generating hydrogen peroxide"
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A complex of methods or rules governing behavior; "they have to operate under a system they oppose"; "that language has a complex system for indicating gender" [syn: system, system of rules]
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An organized structure for arranging or classifying; "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification" [syn: arrangement, organization, organisation, system]
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A group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts; "the body has a system of organs for digestion"
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A procedure or process for obtaining an objective; "they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation"
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The living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole; "exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system"
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An ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized; "his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality"; "we can't do it unless we establish some system around here" [syn: organization, organisation, system]

Definition of 'System'

From: GCIDE
  • System \Sys"tem\, n. [L. systema, Gr. ?, fr. ? to place together; sy`n with + ? to place: cf. F. syst[`e]me. See Stand.]
  • 1. An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects related by some common law, principle, or end; a complete exhibition of essential principles or facts, arranged in a rational dependence or connection; a regular union of principles or parts forming one entire thing; as, a system of philosophy; a system of government; a system of divinity; a system of botany or chemistry; a military system; the solar system. [1913 Webster]
  • The best way to learn any science, is to begin with a regular system, or a short and plain scheme of that science well drawn up into a narrow compass. --I. Watts. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Hence, the whole scheme of created things regarded as forming one complete plan of whole; the universe. "The great system of the world." --Boyle. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Regular method or order; formal arrangement; plan; as, to have a system in one's business. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Mus.) The collection of staves which form a full score. See Score, n. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. (Biol.) An assemblage of parts or organs, either in animal or plant, essential to the performance of some particular function or functions which as a rule are of greater complexity than those manifested by a single organ; as, the capillary system, the muscular system, the digestive system, etc.; hence, the whole body as a functional unity. [1913 Webster]
  • 6. (Zool.) One of the stellate or irregular clusters of intimately united zooids which are imbedded in, or scattered over, the surface of the common tissue of many compound ascidians. [1913 Webster]
  • Block system, Conservative system, etc. See under Block, Conservative, etc. [1913 Webster] Systematic

Synonyms of 'system'

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Words containing 'System'