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Meaning of system

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  system
      n 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"
      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" [syn: {system},
         {scheme}]
      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"
      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" [syn: {system}, {system
         of rules}]
      5: 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}, {system}]
      6: a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or
         parts; "the body has a system of organs for digestion"
      7: a procedure or process for obtaining an objective; "they had
         to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation"
      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"
      9: 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" [syn: {organization}, {organisation},
         {system}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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