system

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
    

• the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole
  • exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system
    

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

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

• 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
    

• 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
    

• (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
    

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

• 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
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  organization , organisation , arrangement , system of rules , scheme