definition of
system

[1] #1 system n. 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". wn

[2] #2 system n. [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". wn

[3] #3 system n. (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". wn

[4] #4 system n. [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". wn

[5] #5 system n. [arrangement, organization, organisation] 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". wn