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System   /sˈɪstəm/   Listen
System

noun
1.
Instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity.  "The system consists of a motor and a small computer"
2.
A group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole.  Synonym: scheme.
3.
(physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium.  "A system generating hydrogen peroxide"
4.
A complex of methods or rules governing behavior.  Synonym: system of rules.  "That language has a complex system for indicating gender"
5.
An organized structure for arranging or classifying.  Synonyms: arrangement, organisation, organization.  "The facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original" , "He tried to understand their system of classification"
6.
A group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts.
7.
A procedure or process for obtaining an objective.
8.
The living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole.
9.
An ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized.  Synonyms: organisation, organization.  "We can't do it unless we establish some system around here"



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"System" Quotes from Famous Books



... when Manning's system had successfully recovered from the overdose of lead administered by the departed, he quietly resumed his star and belt, and no one ever discovered that the incident had made him ...
— The Red-Blooded Heroes of the Frontier • Edgar Beecher Bronson
... affairs Bismark set himself energetically to reform. The minister of religious affairs was forced to resign, and his place was taken by Falk, an energetic statesman, who introduced a new school law, bringing the whole educational system under state control, and carefully regulating the power of the clergy over religious and moral education. This law met with such violent opposition that all the personal influence of Bismarck and Falk ...
— A History of The Nations and Empires Involved and a Study - of the Events Culminating in The Great Conflict • Logan Marshall
... new neighbor, who took it into his head to be wakeful when I wished to sleep. We are all made thus; we do not understand that others may live on their own account. Each one of us is like the earth, according to the old system of Ptolemy, and thinks he can have the whole universe revolve around himself. On this point, to make use of the metaphor alluded to: 'Tous les hommes ont la ...
— An "Attic" Philosopher, Complete • Emile Souvestre
... compositions; he felt conscious that, without seeing better pictures than his own, he could neither hope to attain distinction, nor to appreciate his own peculiar powers. It was this consideration that induced him to adopt a most rigid system of frugality. He looked forward to a period when he might be enabled, by the fruits of his own industry, to visit the great scenes of the fine arts in Europe; and the care with which he treasured the money that he received for his portraits was rewarded even at the time with the assurance of realizing ...
— The Life, Studies, And Works Of Benjamin West, Esq. • John Galt
... had made it a slogan in the Haynes-Cooper plant long before the German nation forced it into our everyday vocabulary. Michael Fenger was System. He could take a muddle of orders, a jungle of unfilled contracts, a horde of incompetent workers, and of them make a smooth-running and effective unit. Untangling snarls was his pastime. Esprit de corps ...
— Fanny Herself • Edna Ferber


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