system

/sˈɪstʌm/

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Noun
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"
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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"
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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"
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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"
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accounting ADP system ADPS anthroposophy apparatus urogenitalis articulatory system assemblage audio system automatic data processing system body calendar central nervous system classification system CNS communication system computer system computing system containment contrivance control system coordinate system credit system data structure data system design digestive system discipline distribution dragnet drainage system economic system economy ecosystem EDS electronic network endocrine system ETD ethic ethical code exhaust exhaust system explosive detection system explosive trace detection frame frame of reference gambling system gastrointestinal system genetic map genital system genitourinary apparatus genitourinary system government guidance device guidance system honor system hookup immune system inertial guidance system inertial navigation system information system integumentary system judicatory judicature judicial system judiciary kinship system labyrinth language system lattice legal system living arrangement lockage logic logical system machinery maze mechanical system merit system mononuclear phagocyte system MPS muscle system muscular structure musculature musculoskeletal system navigational system nervous system network nonlinear system ontology organism organon peripheral nervous system plan point system pricing system program programme promotion system propulsion system reference frame reference system reproductive system RES resonator respiratory system reticuloendothelial system root system rootage scaffolding security system selsyn sensory system shebang shipboard system skeletal system skeleton social organisation social organization social structure social system solar system solar thermal system sound system spoils system sprinkler system staging statistical distribution structure subsystem synchro synchromesh syntax system of logic system of macrophages systema alimentarium systema digestorium systema nervosum systema nervosum centrale systema nervosum periphericum systema respiratorium systema skeletale systema urogenitale theological system theology theosophy tract urinary apparatus urinary system urogenital apparatus urogenital system vascular system venation venous blood system water system web
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