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(noun) a combination of interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the unit consists of a motor and a small computer" |
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Synonyms: unit |
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Related Words: ADP system, ADPS, assemblage, assembly line, audio system, automatic data processing system, communication system, computer system, computing system, control system, data system, drainage system, exhaust, exhaust system, force feed, force-feed lubricating system, hookup, inertial guidance system, inertial navigation system, information system, instrumentality, instrumentation, labyrinth, line, lubricating system, maze, mechanical system, mesh, meshwork, net, network, pressure feed, pressure-feed lubricating system, production line, propulsion system, resonator, reticulation, scaffolding, shipboard system, sound system, synchromesh, ventilating system, ventilation, ventilation system |
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(noun) the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole; "exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system" |
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Related Words: live body |
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(noun) a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts; "the body has a system of organs for digestion" |
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Related Words: articulatory system, body part, digestive system, endocrine system, gastrointestinal system, immune system, muscle system, muscular structure, musculature, nervous system, reproductive system, respiratory system, respiratory tract, sensory system, tract, urinary system, urinary tract, vascular system |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: system of rules |
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Related Words: accounting, discipline, ethic, ethical code, frame of reference, gambling system, government, honor system, logic, logical system, merit system, method, organon, point system, program, programme, spoils system, system of logic, theological system, theology |
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(noun) a procedure or process for obtaining an objective; "they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation" |
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Related Words: credit system, legal system, plan of action, pricing system, promotion system |
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(noun) a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going" |
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Related Words: body, economic system, economy, ecosystem, group, grouping, judicatory, judicature, judicial system, judiciary, language system, machinery, network, organism, shebang, social organization, social structure, social system, solar system, structure, subsystem, syntax, water system, web |
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(noun) (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" |
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Related Words: matter, substance |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: organisation, organization |
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Related Words: methodicalness, orderliness |
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(noun) 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" |
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Synonyms: arrangement, organisation, organization |
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Related Words: calendar, classification system, contrivance, coordinate system, data structure, design, distribution, frame of reference, lattice, living arrangement, plan, reference frame, reference system, structure |
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