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noun, a group or combination of interrelated, interdependent, or interacting elements forming a collective entity; a methodical or coordinated assemblage of parts, facts, concepts, etc
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system
- 1) noun, a group or combination of interrelated, interdependent, or interacting elements forming a collective entity; a methodical or coordinated assemblage of parts, facts, concepts, etc
- 2) noun, any scheme of classification or arrangement
- 3) noun, a network of communications, transportation, or distribution
- 4) noun, a method or complex of methods
- 5) noun, orderliness; an ordered manner
- 6) noun, the system society seen as an environment exploiting, restricting, and repressing individuals
- 7) noun, an organism considered as a functioning entity
- 8) noun, any of various bodily parts or structures that are anatomically or physiologically related
- 9) noun, one's physiological or psychological constitution
- 10) noun, any assembly of electronic, electrical, or mechanical components with interdependent functions, usually forming a self-contained unit
- 11) noun, a group of celestial bodies that are associated as a result of natural laws, esp gravitational attraction
- 12) noun, chem a sample of matter in which there are one or more substances in one or more phases. See also phase rule
- 13) noun, a point of view or doctrine used to interpret a branch of knowledge
- 14) noun, mineralogy one of a group of divisions into which crystals may be placed on the basis of the lengths and inclinations of their axes. also called crystal system
- 15) noun, geology a stratigraphical unit for the rock strata formed during a period of geological time. It can be subdivided into series
Etymology
C17: from French système, from Late Latin systēma, from Greek sustēma, from syn- + histanai to cause to stand
binary notation or system
- 1) noun, a number system having a base of two, numbers being expressed by sequences of the digits 0 and 1: used in computing, as 0 and 1 can be represented electrically as off and on
Collins English Electronic Dictionary - Digital Edition: 2008 © HarperCollins Publishers 2008
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coordination, arrangement, structure, organization, scheme, combination, classification, network, web, grid, method, practice, technique, procedure, routine, theory, usage, methodology, frame of reference, modus operandi
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