Noun
1. a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole;
"a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"2. 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"3. 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"4. a procedure or process for obtaining an objective;
"they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation"5. a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts;
"the body has a system of organs for digestion"6. 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"7. (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"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"