system

1. Instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity (synset 104384144)
   "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer"
   is a type of: instrumentality, instrumentation - an artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end
   subtypes:

   • audio system, sound system - a system of electronic equipment for recording or reproducing sound
   • communication system - a system for communicating
   • adp system, adps, automatic data processing system, computer system, computing system - a system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage
   • containment - (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor
   • control system - a system for controlling the operation of another system
   • data system, information system - system consisting of the network of all communication channels used within an organization
   • drainage system - a system of watercourses or drains for carrying off excess water
   • exhaust, exhaust system - system consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged
   • eds, explosive detection system - a rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in passengers' luggage using X-ray technology and computers; designed for use in airports
   • etd, explosive trace detection - a system for screening luggage in airports; an agent passes a swab around or inside luggage and then runs the swab through a machine that can detect trace amounts of explosives
   • guidance device, guidance system - a system of equipment for automatically guiding the path of a vehicle (especially a missile)
   • assemblage, hookup - a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose
   • inertial guidance system, inertial navigation system - a system to control a plane or spacecraft; uses inertial forces
   • lockage - a system of locks in a canal or waterway
   • labyrinth, maze - complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost
   • mechanical system - a system of elements that interact on mechanical principles
   • navigational system - a system that provides information useful in determining the position and course of a ship or aircraft
   • electronic network, network - (electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits
   • network - a system of intersecting lines or channels
   • propulsion system - a system that provides a propelling or driving force
   • resonator - any system that resonates
   • scaffolding, staging - a system of scaffolds
   • security system - (computing) a system that enforces boundaries between computer networks
   • selsyn, synchro - a system consisting of a generator and a motor so connected that the motor will assume the same relative position as the generator; the generator and the motor are synchronized
   • shipboard system - a system designed to work as a coherent entity on board a naval ship
   • solar thermal system - a system that converts sunlight into heat
   • sprinkler system - a system for extinguishing fires; water from a network of overhead pipes is released through nozzles that open automatically with the rise in temperature
   • synchromesh - an automotive system for shifting gears in which the gears revolve at the same speed and so shift smoothly
   has:

   • infrastructure, substructure - the basic structure or features of a system or organization
   • module - a self-contained component (unit or item) that is used in combination with other components
2. A group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole (synset 108452398)
   "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"
   is a type of: group, grouping - any number of entities (members) considered as a unit
   subtypes:

   • language system - a system of linguistic units or elements used in a particular language
   • judicatory, judicature, judicial system, judiciary - the system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government
   • economic system, economy - the system of production and distribution and consumption
   • ecosystem - a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment
   • social organisation, social organization, social structure, social system, structure - the people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships
   • dragnet - a system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals)
   • machinery - a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions
   • network, web - an interconnected system of things or people
   • nonlinear system - a system whose performance cannot be described by equations of the first degree
   • subsystem - a system that is part of some larger system
   • organism - a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body
   • syntax - a systematic orderly arrangement
   • body - a collection of particulars considered as a system
   • shebang - an entire system; used in the phrase `the whole shebang'
   • solar system - the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field
   • water system - a river and all of its tributaries
   • root system, rootage - a developed system of roots
   has: hierarchy - a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system
   same as: scheme
3. (physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium (synset 115005742)
   "in a static system oil cannot be replaced by water on a surface"; "a system generating hydrogen peroxide"
   referred to in: physical chemistry - the branch of chemistry dealing with the physical properties of chemical substances
   is a type of: matter - that which has mass and occupies space
4. A complex of methods or rules governing behavior (synset 105669841)
   "they have to operate under a system they oppose"; "that language has a complex system for indicating gender"
   is a type of: method - a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)
   subtypes:

   • accounting - a system that provides quantitative information about finances
   • discipline - a system of rules of conduct or method of practice
   • frame, frame of reference - a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning
   • gambling system - a system of rules for placing bets that is believed to lead to winning
   • government - (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed
   • honor system - a system of conduct in which participants are trusted not to take unfair advantage of others
   • logic, logical system, system of logic - a system of reasoning
   • merit system - the system of employing and promoting civil servants on the basis of ability
   • point system - a system of evaluation based on awarding points according to rules
   • spoils system - the system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in power
   • organon - a system of principles for philosophic or scientific investigations; an instrument for acquiring knowledge
   • program, programme - a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need
   • theosophy - a system of belief based on mystical insight into the nature of God and the soul
   • anthroposophy - a system of beliefs and practices based on the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner; it claims to integrate the practical and psychological in child-centered education
   • logic - the system of operations performed by a computer that underlies the machine's representation of logical operations
   • theological system, theology - a particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings
   • ethic, ethical code - a system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct
   same as: system of rules
5. An organized structure for arranging or classifying (synset 105734541)
   "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"
   is a type of: structure - the complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations
   subtypes:

   • classification system - a system for classifying things
   • contrivance - an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.
   • coordinate system, frame of reference, reference frame, reference system - a system that uses coordinates to establish position
   • data structure - (computer science) the organization of data (and its storage allocations in a computer)
   • design, plan - an arrangement scheme
   • distribution, statistical distribution - (statistics) an arrangement of values of a variable showing their observed or theoretical frequency of occurrence
   • genetic map - graphical representation of the arrangement of genes on a chromosome
   • kinship system - (anthropology) the system of social relationships that constitute kinship in a particular culture, including the terminology that is used and the reciprocal obligations that are entailed
   • lattice - an arrangement of points or particles or objects in a regular periodic pattern in 2 or 3 dimensions
   • living arrangement - an arrangement to allow people (or ideas) to coexist
   • ontology - (computer science) a rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations
   • calendar - a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year
   same as: arrangement, organisation, organization
6. A group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts (synset 105244557)
   "the body has a system of organs for digestion"
   is a type of: body part - any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity
   subtypes:

   • articulatory system - the system of joints in the body
   • digestive system, gastrointestinal system, systema alimentarium, systema digestorium - the system that makes food absorbable into the body
   • endocrine system - the system of glands that produce endocrine secretions that help to control bodily metabolic activity
   • venation, venous blood system - (zoology) the system of venous blood vessels in an animal
   • immune system - a system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response
   • integumentary system - the skin and its appendages
   • res, reticuloendothelial system - a widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells
   • mononuclear phagocyte system, mps, system of macrophages - a widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow
   • muscle system, muscular structure, musculature - the muscular system of an organism
   • musculoskeletal system - the system of muscles and tendons and ligaments and bones and joints and associated tissues that move the body and maintain its form
   • nervous system, systema nervosum - the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells
   • central nervous system, cns, systema nervosum centrale - the portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord
   • peripheral nervous system, systema nervosum periphericum - the section of the nervous system lying outside the brain and spinal cord
   • genital system, reproductive system - organs and tissues involved in the production and maturation of gametes and in their union and subsequent development as offspring
   • apparatus urogenitalis, genitourinary apparatus, genitourinary system, systema urogenitale, urinary apparatus, urinary system, urogenital apparatus, urogenital system - the system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urine
   • respiratory system, systema respiratorium - the system for taking in oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide; in terrestrial animals this is accomplished by breathing
   • sensory system - the body's system of sense organs
   • tract - a system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose
   • vascular system - the vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plant
   • frame, skeletal system, skeleton, systema skeletale - the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal
7. A procedure or process for obtaining an objective (synset 105911466)
   "they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation"
   is a type of: plan of action - a plan for actively doing something
   subtypes:

   • credit system - a system for allowing people to purchase things on credit
   • legal system - a system for interpreting and enforcing the laws
   • pricing system - a system for setting prices on goods or services
   • promotion system - a system for advancing participants to higher-status positions
8. The living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole (synset 105226371)
   "exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system"
   is a type of: live body - the body of a living animal or person
9. An ordered manner;
   Orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized (synset 104775896)
   "his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality"; "we can't do it unless we establish some system around here"
   is a type of: methodicalness, orderliness - the quality of appreciating method and system
   same as: organisation, organization

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