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system

noun
  1. instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
    “I bought a new stereo system.”
  2. an ordered manner
    organizationorganisation
  3. the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole
    “Exercise helped them get the alcohol out of their system.”
  4. a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts
    “Our body has a system of organs for digestion.”
  5. a complex of methods or rules governing behavior
    “They have to operate under a system they oppose.”
    system of rules
  6. an organized structure for arranging or classifying
    organizationorganisation
  7. a procedure or process for obtaining an objective
    “They had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation.”
  8. a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
    “A vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going.”
    scheme
  9. (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.”