System definition
A set or arrangement of things so related or connected as to form a unity or organic whole.
A solar system, school system, system of highways.
noun
A related series of natural objects or elements, as cave passages, rivers, etc.
noun
The definition of a system is a set of rules, an arrangement of things, or a group of related things that work toward a common goal.
An example of a system are the laws and procedures of a democratic government.
An example of a system is the way someone organizes their closet.
An example of a system is all the organs that work together for digestion.
noun
A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forming a complex whole, especially:
- An organism as a whole, especially with regard to its vital processes or functions.The animal's entire system seems to be affected by the disease.
- A group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts.The excretory system; a root system.
- A group of interacting mechanical or electrical components.The building's heating system.
- A network of structures and channels, as for communication, travel, or distribution.A highway system.
- A network of related computer software, hardware, and data transmission devices.
noun
(1) A group of related components that interact to perform a task.
Advertisement
An organism or body as a whole, especially with regard to its vital processes or functions.
noun
A set of facts, principles, rules, etc. classified or arranged in a regular, orderly form so as to show a logical plan linking the various parts.
noun
An established, orderly method or procedure for doing something.
Advertisement
(chem.) A group of substances in or approaching equilibrium: a system with two components, phases, or variables is called binary, one with three, ternary, etc.
noun
A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forming a complex whole.
noun
An established way of doing something; method; procedure.
noun
Harmonious interaction or order.
A restaurant kitchen that was completely without system.
noun
The prevailing social order; the establishment. Used with the .
You can't beat the system.
noun
Advertisement
An organized set of interrelated ideas or principles.
Kant's philosophical system.
noun
A social, economic, or political organizational form.
The feudal system.
noun
(crystallography) Any of the seven divisions (cubic, tetragonal, hexagonal, rhombohedral, orthorhombic, monoclinic, and triclinic) in which all crystal forms can be placed, based on the degree of symmetry of the crystals.
noun
A group of physiologically or anatomically complementary organs or parts.
noun
An arrangement or configuration of classification or measurement.
The taxonomic system; the metric system.
noun
Advertisement
An organized and coordinated method; a procedure.
We have an efficient system for processing returned merchandise.
noun
A naturally occurring group of objects or phenomena.
A cave system; a weather system.
noun
Orderliness or methodical planning in one's way of proceeding.
noun
noun
(geol.) A major division of stratified rocks consisting of the rocks laid down during a geologic period.
noun
The body considered as a functioning organism.
noun
A number of bodily organs acting together to perform one of the main bodily functions.
The digestive system.
noun
(geology) A set of rock strata grouped by geologic time period and divided into series.
noun
An organization of hardware and software, often together with personnel, that function together as a unit.
noun
Advertisement
: often in the pl. form when used attributively.
A system programmer, systems software.
noun
A combination or assembly of components that forms a complex whole entity that functions as single unit, such as a computer system, PBX system, or transmission system.
Many people believed communism was a good system until the breakup of the Soviet Union.
noun
A method or plan of classification or arrangement.
noun
get something out of one's system
- to free oneself as from an emotional attachment to or obsession with something
idiom
Advertisement
Idioms and Phrasal Verbs
get something out of one's system
Origin of system
- Late Latin systēma systēmat- from Greek sustēma from sunistanai to combine sun- syn- histanai set up, establish stā- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From late Latin systÄ“ma, from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sustÄ“ma, “organised whole, body"), from σύν (syn, “with, together") + ἵστημι (histÄ“mi, “I stand").
From Wiktionary