system
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system/ˈsɪstəm/
▶noun
- 1 a complex whole; a set of things working together as a mechanism or interconnecting network.
■ the human or animal body as a whole.
- 2 an organized scheme or method.
■ orderliness; method.
- 3 (the system) the prevailing political or social order, especially when regarded as oppressive and intransigent.
- 4 Geology a major range of strata corresponding to a period in time.
- 5 Music a set of staves joined by a brace.
– phrases
get something out of one's system informal get rid of a preoccupation or anxiety.
get something out of one's system informal get rid of a preoccupation or anxiety.
– derivatives
systemless adjective.
systemless adjective.
– origin C17: from Fr. système or late L. systema, from Gk sustēma, from sun- ‘with’ + histanai ‘set up’.
'system' also found in these Oxford entries:
A
- AB
- ABO system
- ABS
- acetylcholine
- Acol
- acoustic
- active immunity
- active matrix
- acupressure
- acupuncture
- additional member system
- address
- adiabatic
- administration
- aerobic
- air conditioning
- airmail
- Alexander technique
- algebra
- allograph
- ambisonic
- analeptic
- analytical psychology
- anamnestic
- anarchy
- anastigmat
- anastigmatic
- ancien régime
- animal
- ANS
- anthroposophy
- anticyclone
- antinode
- aorta
- apartheid
- Apex
- apochromat
- apothecaries' measure
- apparat
- application programming interface
- architect
- architecture
- archive
- Aristotelian logic
- arterial
- artery
- astable
- astatic
- astrocyte
