System
Definition of System
Sys´tem | n. | 1. | 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. | | 2. | Hence, the whole scheme of created things regarded as forming one complete plan of whole; the universe. | | 3. | Regular method or order; formal arrangement; plan; as, to have a system in one's business. | | 4. | (Mus.) The collection of staves which form a full score. See Score, n. | | 5. | (Biol.) An assemblage of parts or organs, either in animal or plant, essential to the performance of some particular function or functions which as a rule are of greater complexity than those manifested by a single organ; as, the capillary system, the muscular system, the digestive system, etc.; hence, the whole body as a functional unity. | | 6. | (Zool.) One of the stellate or irregular clusters of intimately united zooids which are imbedded in, or scattered over, the surface of the common tissue of many compound ascidians. |
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