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    • system :instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
      • he bought a new stereo system|the system consists of a motor and a small computer

    • system :a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
      • a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going

    • system :(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

    • system :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

    • system :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

    • system :a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts
      • the body has a system of organs for digestion

    • system :a procedure or process for obtaining an objective
      • they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation

    • system :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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