system

Meanings

Noun

• 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"
• a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
  • "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
  • "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
  • "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
  • "he tried to understand their system of classification"
• a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts
  • "the body has a system of organs for digestion"
• a procedure or process for obtaining an objective
  • "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
  • "exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system"
• an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized
  • "we can't do it unless we establish some system around here"

Synonyms

arrangement, organisation, organization, scheme, system of rules