System (Noun)
Meaning 1
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".
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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- Reference System
- Kinship System
- Ontology
- Coordinate System
- Calendar
- Genetic Map
- Contrivance
- Data Structure
- Living Arrangement
- Design
- Frame Of Reference
- Classification System
- Distribution
- Lattice
- Plan
- Statistical Distribution
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Meaning 2
A procedure or process for obtaining an objective; "they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation".
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Meaning 3
The living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole; "exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system".
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Nouns denoting body parts.
Meaning 4
A group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going".
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Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
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Meaning 5
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".
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Nouns denoting man-made objects.
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Meaning 6
A group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts; "the body has a system of organs for digestion".
Classification
Nouns denoting body parts.
Hyponyms
- System Of Macrophages
- Genitourinary Apparatus
- Systema Alimentarium
- Systema Nervosum
- Systema Nervosum Centrale
- Muscle System
- Systema Digestorium
- Genitourinary System
- Gastrointestinal System
- Apparatus Urogenitalis
- Genital System
- Urinary Apparatus
- Urogenital Apparatus
- Systema Skeletale
- Venous Blood System
- RES
- MPS
- Systema Respiratorium
- Musculature
- Systema Nervosum Periphericum
- Urinary System
- Frame
- Skeleton
- CNS
- Systema Urogenitale
Meaning 7
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".
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Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects.
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Meaning 8
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".
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
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Meaning 9
(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".
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Nouns denoting substances.