system

noun

  1. 1

    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

  2. 2

    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

  3. 3

    the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole

    exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system

  4. 4

    a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts

    the body has a system of organs for digestion

  5. 5

    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

  6. 6

    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

  7. 7

    a procedure or process for obtaining an objective

    they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation

  8. 8

    a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole

    a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going

  9. 9

    (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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