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Meaning of 'system' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . System [ n.]
- 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.
- Hence, the whole scheme of created things regarded as forming one complete plan of whole; the universe.
- Regular method or order; formal arrangement; plan; as, to have a system in one's business.
- The collection of staves which form a full score. See Score, n.
- 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.
- 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.

Meaning of 'system' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . system [ n]
Meaning (1):
- (physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium
Example in sentence:
  • a system generating hydrogen peroxide;
  • in a static system oil cannot be replaced by water on a surface
Meaning (2):
- a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
Example in sentence:
  • a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going
Meaning (3):
- the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole
Example in sentence:
  • exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system
Meaning (4):
- instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
Example in sentence:
  • he bought a new stereo system;
  • the system consists of a motor and a small computer
Meaning (5):
- an organized structure for arranging or classifying
Example in sentence:
  • he changed the arrangement of the topics;
  • he tried to understand their system of classification;
  • the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original
Meaning (6):
- an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized
Example in sentence:
  • his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality;
  • we can't do it unless we establish some system around here
Meaning (7):
- a complex of methods or rules governing behavior
Example in sentence:
  • that language has a complex system for indicating gender;
  • they have to operate under a system they oppose
Meaning (8):
- a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts
Example in sentence:
  • the body has a system of organs for digestion
Meaning (9):
- a procedure or process for obtaining an objective
Example in sentence:
  • they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation