system

a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole

• “a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going”

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”

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”

a procedure or process for obtaining an objective

• “they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation”

a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts

• “the body has a system of organs for digestion”

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”

(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”

the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole

• “exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system”

an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized

• “his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality”
• “we can”