system
noun
- 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
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
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
a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts
the body has a system of organs for digestion
- 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
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
a procedure or process for obtaining an objective
they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation
- 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
(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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