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English to English noun 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 source: wordnet30
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 source: wordnet30
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 source: wordnet30
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 source: wordnet30
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 source: wordnet30
6. a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts the body has a system of organs for digestion source: wordnet30
7. a procedure or process for obtaining an objective they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation source: wordnet30
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 source: wordnet30
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 source: wordnet30
10. An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects related by some common law, principle, or end; a complete exhibition of essential principles or facts, arranged in a rational dependence or connection; a regular union of principles or parts forming one entire thing; as, a system of philosophy; a system of government; a system of divinity; a system of botany or chemistry; a military system; the solar system. source: webster1913
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