system

noun

1. instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity"he bought a new stereo system"
2. a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole"a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"
3. (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"
4. a complex of methods or rules governing behavior"they have to operate under a system they oppose"
5. an organized structure for arranging or classifying"he changed the arrangement of the topics"
6. a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts"the body has a system of organs for digestion"
7. a procedure or process for obtaining an objective"they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation"
8. the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole"exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system"
9. an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized"his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality"