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Grep of noun system abo blood group system abo system accentual system accounting system adp system alarm system articulatory system audio system auditory system automatic data processing system autonomic nervous system basic point defense missile system bertillon system binary number system binary numeration system binary system brake system british system bulletin board system cable system cardiovascular system caste system central nervous system circulatory system classification system coding system color television system colour television system communication system computer system computing system consonant system consonantal system control system coolant system cooling system coordinate system copernican system coude system credit system data system database management system decimal number system decimal numeration system decimal system defence system defense system digestive system disk operating system drainage system drive line system early warning system economic system ecosystem electoral system electrical system endocrine system engine cooling system english system exhaust system federal home loan bank system federal reserve system female reproductive system feudal system fiber-optic transmission system fibre-optic transmission system field-sequential color television system field-sequential color tv system file system filing system fire control system fixed-point representation system floating-point representation system force-feed lubricating system fuel injection system fuel system gambling system gas system gastrointestinal system genital system genitourinary system heating system hexadecimal number system hexadecimal system hierarchical classification system high fidelity sound system highway system honor system hydraulic system hypermedia system hypertext system ignition system immune system inertial guidance system inertial navigation system information processing system information system integumentary system interactive multimedia system intercommunication system international system judicial system jury system language system legal system lens system limbic system list system logical system loudspeaker system lubricating system lymphatic system male reproductive system measuring system mechanical system medical literature analysis and retrieval system mercantile system merit system metric system microsoft disk operating system milky way system missile defence system missile defense system monetary system mononuclear phagocyte system morphophonemic system multimedia system muscle system musculoskeletal system naval tactical data system nervous system notational system number representation system number system numeration system object-oriented database management system octal number system octal numeration system operating system pa system parasympathetic nervous system patent system peripheral nervous system phone system phonemic system phonologic system phonological system plumbing system point system political system portal system positional representation system power system pressure-feed lubricating system pricing system promotion system propulsion system prosodic system ptolemaic system public address system pure binary numeration system purkinje's system pyramidal motor system quadraphonic system quadriphonic system railway system rating system receiving system recording system reference system refrigeration system relational database management system reproductive system respiratory system reticular activating system reticuloendothelial system root system school system scoring system scrutin de liste system scrutin uninomial system scrutin uninominal voting system security system selective service system sensory system servosystem sewage system sewer system sexadecimal number system ship-towed long-range acoustic detection system shipboard system single-member system skeletal system small computer system interface social system software system solar system somatic sensory system somatosensory system sound system speaker system spoils system sprinkler system steering system stereo system stereophonic system subsystem support system surface-to-air missile system surveillance system suspension system sympathetic nervous system system system call system clock system command system error system of logic system of macrophages system of measurement system of numeration system of rules system of weights system of weights and measures system program systema alimentarium systema digestorium systema lymphaticum systema nervosum systema nervosum centrale systema nervosum periphericum systema respiratorium systema skeletale systema urogenitale systematic desinsitization systematics systematisation systematist systematization systematizer systeme international systeme international d'unites systemic circulation systemic lupus erythematosus systemizer systems analysis systems analyst systems program systems software target acquisition system tax system telecommunication system telephone system television system tense system theological system time-delay measuring system tonal system tone system touch system transmission system transportation system uninominal system uninominal voting system unix operating system unix system urinary system urogenital system value-system vascular system ventilating system ventilation system vestibular system visual system voting system vowel system water system water vascular system weapon system weapons system word processing system writing system Overview of noun system The noun system has 9 senses (first 9 from tagged texts) 1. (394) system -- (a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going") 2. (316) system, unit -- (instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the unit consists of a motor and a small computer") 3. (110) 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") 4. (90) system -- (a procedure or process for obtaining an objective; "they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation") 5. (61) system -- (a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts "the body has a system of organs for digestion") 6. (54) 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") 7. (52) 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") 8. (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. (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") Grep of adj system systematic systematised systematized systemic Overview of noun system The noun system has 9 senses (first 9 from tagged texts) 1. (394) system -- (a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going") 2. (316) system, unit -- (instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the unit consists of a motor and a small computer") 3. (110) 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") 4. (90) system -- (a procedure or process for obtaining an objective; "they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation") 5. (61) system -- (a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts "the body has a system of organs for digestion") 6. (54) 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") 7. (52) 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") 8. (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. (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")
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