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system
noun
- 1. A set of interconnected or interrelated parts forming a complex whole.
- Example: the transport system
- Example: the human digestive system
- Example: a stereo system
- Example: a more efficient filing system
- Example: the capitalist system
- Thesaurus: method, mode, scheme, way, custom, practice, modus operandi, plan, procedure, routine, technique; organization, structure, protocol, framework, hierarchy, order, construct, edifice, taxonomy.
- Example: You need to get some system into your exam revision
- Example: get the anger out of your system
- Form: the system
- A group of heavenly bodies consisting of a central body (eg a sun or a planet) and others (planets or moons respectively) which move around it under the influence of their mutual attraction.
- Example: the solar system
- The basic unit of classification of rock strata formed during a single period of geological time, ranking above series (sense 8) and characterized by its fossil content.
- colloq
Everything is ready A 20c: originally astronautics jargon.
