system
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n. combination of related things or parts that form a complex whole; body of an animal or human considered as a whole; set of principles or ideas; method, procedure; organization, orderliness

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A system (from Latin systema, in turn from Greek  systema, "whole compounded of several parts or members, system", literary "composition") is a set of interacting or interdependent components forming an integrated whole.

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Noun
1. a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"
(synonym) scheme
(hypernym) group, grouping
(hyponym) language system
(part-meronym) hierarchy
2. instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer"
(hypernym) instrumentality, instrumentation
(hyponym) audio system, sound system
(part-meronym) infrastructure, substructure
3. 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"
(synonym) system of rules
(hypernym) method
(hyponym) accounting
4. a procedure or process for obtaining an objective; "they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation"
(hypernym) plan of action
(hyponym) credit system
5. a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts; "the body has a system of organs for digestion"
(hypernym) body part
(hyponym) articulatory system
6. 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"
(synonym) arrangement, organization, organisation
(hypernym) structure
(hyponym) classification system
(derivation) systematize, systematise, systemize, systemise
7. (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"
(hypernym) substance, matter
(classification) physical chemistry
8. the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole; "exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system"
(hypernym) live body
9. 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"
(synonym) organization, organisation
(hypernym) orderliness, methodicalness
(derivation) systematize, systematise, systemize, systemise


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System (das)
n. system, method, procedure, structure

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system
n. systém; soustava


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