Found 4 items, similar to system.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak)
Definition: system
sistem
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: system
sistem, sistim, susunan, tata
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: system
system
n 1: a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising
a unified whole;
“a vast system of production and
distribution and consumption keep the country going”
[syn:
scheme]
2: 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”
3: 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” [syn:
system of rules
]
4: a procedure or process for obtaining an objective;
“they had
to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation”
5: a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or
parts;
“the body has a system of organs for digestion”
6: 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” [syn:
arrangement,
organization,
organisation]
7: (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: 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: 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” [syn:
organization,
organisation]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: System
System
\Sys"tem\, n. [L. systema, Gr. ?, fr. ? to place
together; sy`n with + ? to place: cf. F. syst[`e]me. See
Stand.]
1. An assemblage of objects arranged in regular
subordination, or after some distinct method, usually
logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects related
by some common law, principle, or end; a complete
exhibition of essential principles or facts, arranged in a
rational dependence or connection; a regular union of
principles or parts forming one entire thing; as, a system
of philosophy; a system of government; a system of
divinity; a system of botany or chemistry; a military
system; the solar system.
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The best way to learn any science, is to begin with
a regular system, or a short and plain scheme of
that science well drawn up into a narrow compass.
--I. Watts.
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2. Hence, the whole scheme of created things regarded as
forming one complete plan of whole; the universe.
“The
great system of the world.” --Boyle.
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3. Regular method or order; formal arrangement; plan; as, to
have a system in one's business.
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4. (Mus.) The collection of staves which form a full score.
See
Score, n.
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5. (Biol.) An assemblage of parts or organs, either in animal
or plant, essential to the performance of some particular
function or functions which as a rule are of greater
complexity than those manifested by a single organ; as,
the capillary system, the muscular system, the digestive
system, etc.; hence, the whole body as a functional unity.
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6. (Zo["o]l.) One of the stellate or irregular clusters of
intimately united zooids which are imbedded in, or
scattered over, the surface of the common tissue of many
compound ascidians.
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Block system,
Conservative system, etc. See under
Block,
Conservative, etc.
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