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system
A	noun
	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"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚artifact; artefact ╚instrumentality; instrumentation ╚system ╚inertial guidance system; inertial navigation system ╚hookup; assemblage ╚guidance system; guidance device ╚explosive trace detection; ETD ╚explosive detection system; EDS ╚exhaust; exhaust system ╚drainage system ╚data system; information system ╚control system ╚containment ╚computer system; computing system; automatic data processing system; ADP system; ADPS ╚communication system ╚audio system; sound system
	2	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"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚attribute ╚quality ╚regularity ╚orderliness; methodicalness ╚organization, organisation, system
	3	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"
		Category Tree: entity ╚object; physical object ╚natural object ╚body; organic structure; physical structure ╚live body ╚system
	4	system
			a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts; "the body has a system of organs for digestion"
		Category Tree: entity ╚thing ╚part; piece ╚body part ╚system ╚peripheral nervous system; systema nervosum periphericum ╚central nervous system; CNS; systema nervosum centrale ╚nervous system; systema nervosum ╚musculoskeletal system ╚muscular structure; musculature; muscle system ╚mononuclear phagocyte system; MPS; system of macrophages ╚reticuloendothelial system; RES ╚integumentary system ╚immune system ╚venation; venous blood system ╚endocrine system ╚digestive system; gastrointestinal system; systema alimentarium; systema digestorium ╚articulatory system
	5	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"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚ability; power ╚know-how ╚method ╚system, system of rules ╚theology; theological system ╚program; programme ╚organon ╚spoils system ╚point system ╚merit system ╚logic; logical system; system of logic ╚honor system ╚government ╚gambling system ╚frame of reference ╚discipline ╚accounting
	6	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"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚structure ╚arrangement, organization, organisation, system ╚living arrangement ╚lattice ╚genetic map ╚distribution; statistical distribution ╚design; plan ╚data structure ╚coordinate system; frame of reference; reference system; reference frame ╚contrivance ╚classification system
	7	system
			a procedure or process for obtaining an objective; "they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation"
		Category Tree: psychological feature ╚cognition; knowledge; noesis ╚content; cognitive content; mental object ╚idea; thought ╚plan; program; programme ╚plan of action ╚system ╚promotion system ╚pricing system ╚legal system ╚credit system
	8	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"
		Category Tree: group; grouping ╚system, scheme ╚syntax ╚organism ╚subsystem ╚nonlinear system ╚network; web ╚machinery ╚dragnet ╚social organization; social organisation; social structure; social system; structure ╚ecosystem ╚economy; economic system ╚judiciary; judicature; judicatory; judicial system ╚language system
	9	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"
		Category Tree: entity ╚substance; matter ╚system

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