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

[ Syn: scheme ]

(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

[ Syn: system of rules ]

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

[ Syn: arrangement , organization , organisation ]

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; his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality; we cant do it unless we establish some system around here

[ Syn: organization , organisation ]