system
(noun)
noun
1. 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
Definition categories: man–made, instrumentality, instrumentation
2. a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
- a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going
Similar word(s): scheme
Definition categories: group, grouping
3. (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
Definition categories: substance, matter
4. 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
Definition categories: thought, method
5. an organized structure for arranging or classifying
- he tried to understand their system of classification
Similar word(s): arrangement, organisation, organization
Definition categories: thought, structure
6. a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts
- the body has a system of organs for digestion
Definition categories: body
7. a procedure or process for obtaining an objective
- they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation
Definition categories: thought
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
Definition categories: body
9. an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized
- we can't do it unless we establish some system around here
Similar word(s): organisation, organization
Definition categories: attribute, methodicalness, orderliness
Sentences with system as a noun:
- There are eight planets in the solar system.
- Many people believed communism was a good system until the breakup of the Soviet Union.