Definitions for: System


[n] instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the unit consists of a motor and a small computer"
[n] 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"
[n] the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole; "exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system"
[n] a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts; "the body has a system of organs for digestion"
[n] 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"
[n] 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"
[n] a procedure or process for obtaining an objective; "they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation"
[n] a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"
[n] (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"



Webster (1913) Definition: Sys"tem, n. [L. systema, Gr. ?, fr. ? to place
together; sy`n with + ? to place: cf. F. syst[`e]me. See
Stand.]
1. 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.



The best way to learn any science, is to begin with a
regular system, or a short and plain scheme of that
science well drawn up into a narrow compass. --I. Watts.

2. Hence, the whole scheme of created things regarded as
forming one complete plan of whole; the universe. ``The
great system of the world.'' --Boyle.

3. Regular method or order; formal arrangement; plan; as, to
have a system in one's business.

4. (Mus.) The collection of staves which form a full score.
See Score, n.

5. (Biol.) 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.

6. (Zo["o]l.) 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.

Block system, Conservative system, etc. See under
Block, Conservative, etc.


Type founder, one who casts or manufacture type.

Type foundry, Type foundery, a place for the manufacture
of type.

Type metal, an alloy used in making type, stereotype
plates, etc., and in backing up electrotype plates. It
consists essentially of lead and antimony, often with a
little tin, nickel, or copper.

Type wheel, a wheel having raised letters or characters on
its periphery, and used in typewriters, printing
telegraphs, etc.

Unity of type (Biol.), that fundamental agreement in
structure which is seen in organic beings of the same
class, and is quite independent of their habits of life.
--Darwin.

Synonyms: arrangement, organisation, organisation, organization, organization, system of rules

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