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What's The Definition Of System?
[n] instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the unit consists of a motor and a small computer"
[n] 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" [n] the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole; "exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system" [n] a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts; "the body has a system of organs for digestion" [n] 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" [n] 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" [n] a procedure or process for obtaining an objective; "they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation" [n] a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going" [n] (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" Synonyms | Synonyms for System: arrangement | organisation | organisation | organization | organization | system of rules Related Terms | Find terms related to System: See Also | accounting | ADP system | ADPS | apparatus urogenitalis | articulatory system | assemblage | audio system | automatic data processing system | body | body part | 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 | drainage system | economic system | economy | ecosystem | endocrine system | ethic | ethical code | exhaust | exhaust system | frame | frame of reference | gambling system | gastrointestinal system | genetic map | genital system | genitourinary apparatus | genitourinary system | government | group | grouping | hierarchy | honor system | hookup | immune system | inertial guidance system | inertial navigation system | information system | infrastructure | instrumentality | instrumentation | integumentary system | judicatory | judicature | judicial system | judiciary | labyrinth | language system | lattice | legal system | live body | living arrangement | lockage | logic | logical system | machinery | matter | maze | mechanical system | merit system | mesh | meshing | meshwork | method | methodicalness | module | mononuclear phagocyte system | MPS | muscle system | muscular structure | musculature | musculoskeletal system | nervous system | net | network | network | orderliness | organism | organon | peripheral nervous system | plan | plan of action | point system | pricing system | program | programme | promotion system | propulsion system | reference frame | reference system | reproductive system | RES | resonator | respiratory system | reticulation | reticuloendothelial system | root system | rootage | scaffolding | sensory system | shebang | shipboard system | skeletal system | skeleton | social organisation | social organization | social structure | social system | solar system | sound system | spoils system | sprinkler system | staging | statistical distribution | structure | structure | substance | substructure | subsystem | 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 | tract | urinary apparatus | urinary system | urogenital apparatus | urogenital system | vascular system | water system | web System In Webster's Dictionary \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.
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.
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.
3. Regular method or order; formal arrangement; plan; as, to
have a system in one's business.
4. (Mus.) The collection of staves which form a full score.
See {Score}, n.
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.
6. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
{Block system}, {Conservative system}, etc. See under
{Block}, {Conservative}, etc.
{Type founder}, one who casts or manufacture type. {Type foundry}, {Type foundery}, a place for the manufacture of type. {Type metal}, an alloy used in making type, stereotype plates, etc., and in backing up electrotype plates. It consists essentially of lead and antimony, often with a little tin, nickel, or copper. {Type wheel}, a wheel having raised letters or characters on its periphery, and used in typewriters, printing telegraphs, etc. {Unity of type} (Biol.), that fundamental agreement in structure which is seen in organic beings of the same class, and is quite independent of their habits of life. --Darwin. |
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