system, n.
(systems)
freq. cnt. 112
(systems)
freq. cnt. 112
instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
<noun.artifact> freq. cnt.: 43 freq. cnt.: 43
system
sample sentences
"he bought a new stereo system""the system consists of a motor and a small computer"
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audio system, sound system
communication system
computer system, computing system, automatic data processing system, ADP system, ADPS
containment
control system
data system, information system
drainage system
exhaust, exhaust system
explosive detection system, EDS
explosive trace detection, ETD
guidance system, guidance device
assemblage, hookup
inertial guidance system, inertial navigation system
lockage
maze, labyrinth
mechanical system
navigational system
network, electronic network
network
propulsion system
resonator
scaffolding, staging
security system
selsyn, synchro
shipboard system
solar thermal system
sprinkler system
synchromesh
part meronym
hypernym
a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
<noun.group> freq. cnt.: 23 freq. cnt.: 23
scheme system
sample sentences
"a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"
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language system
judiciary, judicature, judicatory, judicial system
economy, economic system
ecosystem
social organization, social structure, social system, social organisation, structure
dragnet
machinery
network, web
nonlinear system
subsystem
organism
syntax
body
shebang
solar system
water system
rootage, root system
part meronym
(physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium
<noun.substance> freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 14
system
sample sentences
"in a static system oil cannot be replaced by water on a surface""a system generating hydrogen peroxide"
a complex of methods or rules governing behavior
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 10
system system of rules
sample sentences
"they have to operate under a system they oppose""that language has a complex system for indicating gender"
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hyponym
an organized structure for arranging or classifying
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 24 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 4
arrangement organisation organization system
sample sentences
"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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a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts
<noun.body> freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 7
system
sample sentences
"the body has a system of organs for digestion"
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hyponym
articulatory system
digestive system, gastrointestinal system, systema alimentarium, systema digestorium
endocrine system
venation, venous blood system
immune system
integumentary system
reticuloendothelial system, RES
mononuclear phagocyte system, MPS, system of macrophages
musculature, muscular structure, muscle system
musculoskeletal system
nervous system, systema nervosum
central nervous system, CNS, systema nervosum centrale
peripheral nervous system, systema nervosum periphericum
reproductive system, genital system
urogenital system, urogenital apparatus, urinary system, urinary apparatus, genitourinary system, genitourinary apparatus, systema urogenitale, apparatus urogenitalis
respiratory system, systema respiratorium
sensory system
tract
vascular system
skeletal system, skeleton, frame, systema skeletale
a procedure or process for obtaining an objective
<noun.cognition> freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 6
system
sample sentences
"they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation"
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hyponym
the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole
<noun.body> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1
system
sample sentences
"exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system"
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an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized
<noun.attribute>
organisation organization system
sample sentences
"his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality""we can't do it unless we establish some system around here"
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