English to English noun
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instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity |  | Example: he bought a new stereo system the system consists of a motor and a small computer
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a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole |  | Example: a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going
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(physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium |  | Example: in a static system oil cannot be replaced by water on a surface a system generating hydrogen peroxide
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a complex of methods or rules governing behavior |  | Example: they have to operate under a system they oppose that language has a complex system for indicating gender
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an organized structure for arranging or classifying |  | Example: 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
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a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts |  | Example: the body has a system of organs for digestion
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a procedure or process for obtaining an objective |  | Example: they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation
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the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole |  | Example: exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system
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an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized |  | Example: his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality we can't do it unless we establish some system around here
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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. |  | source: webster1913
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