Main entry: system
Definition: 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
Main entry: organisation, organization, system
Definition: 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
Main entry: system
Definition: 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
Main entry: system
Definition: a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts
Usage: the body has a system of organs for digestion
Main entry: system, system of rules
Definition: 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
Main entry: system, arrangement, organisation, organization
Definition: 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
Main entry: system
Definition: a procedure or process for obtaining an objective
Usage: they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation
Definition: 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
Main entry: system
Definition: (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