What is the meaning of system?

noun

  • Instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity.
    • usage: "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer"
  • A group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole.
    • usage: "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"
  • Physical chemistry. ( a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium)
    • usage: "in a static system oil cannot be replaced by water on a surface"; "a system generating hydrogen peroxide"
  • A complex of methods or rules governing behavior.
    • usage: "they have to operate under a system they oppose"; "that language has a complex system for indicating gender"
  • An organized structure for arranging or classifying.
    • usage: "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"
  • A group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts.
    • usage: "the body has a system of organs for digestion"
  • A procedure or process for obtaining an objective.
    • usage: "they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation"
  • The living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole.
    • usage: "exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system"
  • An ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized.
    • usage: "his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality"; "we can't do it unless we establish some system around here"
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