1. (

• 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" ;

2. (

• system ,
• scheme

) 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. (

• 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" ;

4. (

• system ,
• system_of_rules

) 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" ;

5. (

• arrangement ,
• organization ,
• organisation ,
• 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" ;

6. (

• system

) a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts; "the body has a system of organs for digestion" ;

7. (

• system ,

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

8. (

• 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" ;

9. (

• organization ,
• organisation ,
• system

) 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" ;