System

Definitions of "system"

• A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forming a complex whole. noun
• A functionally related group of elements, especially: noun
• The human body regarded as a functional physiological unit. noun
• An organism as a whole, especially with regard to its vital processes or functions. noun
• A group of physiologically or anatomically complementary organs or parts: the nervous system; the skeletal system. noun
• A group of interacting mechanical or electrical components. noun
• A network of structures and channels, as for communication, travel, or distribution. noun
• A network of related computer software, hardware, and data transmission devices. noun
• An organized set of interrelated ideas or principles. noun
• A social, economic, or political organizational form. noun
• A naturally occurring group of objects or phenomena: the solar system. noun
• A set of objects or phenomena grouped together for classification or analysis. noun
• A condition of harmonious, orderly interaction. noun
• An organized and coordinated method; a procedure. See Synonyms at method. noun
• The prevailing social order; the establishment. Used with the: You can't beat the system. noun
• A collection of organized things; as in a solar system. noun
• A way of organising or planning. noun
• A whole composed of relationships among the members. noun
• A set of staffs that indicate instruments or sounds that are to be played simultaneously. noun

The word "system" in example sentences

The net heat flow is still from the hot sun through the system to the cold of space, the problem is that this is a *different system* than the previous one with less GHG's.. [Rabett Run]

I do understand the current system, and your point about FRB is valid _within the existing system_.. [Jeff Randall Aims, Fires And... Misses]

As there is a railway system and a hotel system, so there is also a _pig system_, by which this place is marked out from any other.. [The Englishwoman in America]

This is purely accidental, of course, and doesn't mean that the U.S. electoral system is any better mostly because it's essentially the *same system*, but Canada has "a lot of work to do" on the electoral system as well as on the things you point out.. [degrees]

Although it had European precedents, the system of interchangeable parts became known as “the American system” because it was most fully exploited in the United States and became the foundation of the mass production characteristic of American industry at a later date.. [c. Machines and Industrial Techniques]

When establishing a system of records_at least 40 days before operating system*. [New Omb Circular A]

And while its 'system of national education was realised only in its most imperfect fashion, its _system of religious instruction_ was carried into effect with results that would alone stamp the First Book of Discipline as the most important document in Scottish history' (Hume Brown).. [John Knox]

Over this system lie beds which have yielded in succession Ordovician and Silurian fossils, forming altogether a compact division which has been distinguished locally as the _Muth system_.. [The Panjab, North-West Frontier Province, and Kashmir]

[1] By "self-satisfaction" I mean satisfaction with the existing system _as a system_.. [What Is and What Might Be A Study of Education in General and Elementary Education in Particular]

But, though we hope they will not succeed, can we feel fully confident that we shall escape the contagion, when we remember that this system is no other than the "_mixed system_," and when we bear in mind the untiring efforts which are made to develop and consolidate that system in Ireland in every branch of education, from the university, through the model-school, down to the humblest village-school?. [Public School Education]

This system, which our writers have called the _mercantile system_, consists in opposing, by prohibitions and duties, such foreign productions as might ruin our manufacturers by their competition.. [What Is Free Trade? An Adaptation of Frederic Bastiat's "Sophismes Éconimiques" Designed for the American Reader]

His answer was, that his style was a system, or _upon system_, or some such cant; and, when a man talks of system, his case is hopeless: so I said no more to him, and very little to any one else.. [Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 4 (of 6) With His Letters and Journals]

That's the current system in the Canadian criminal justice system*: challenges for cause are heard by two "triers" who are either the last two sworn jurors or, if there aren't any sworn jurors, two people in the courtroom selected by the judge.. [The Volokh Conspiracy]

You want to look at the ones that are the system logs: ls - l system*. [Discussions: Message List - root]

Prior to their research physiologists generally assumed that organisms have control over bodily functions governed by the central nervous system (or \ "voluntary nervous system\").. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows]

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