System - Definition

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]