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[ US /ˈsɪstəm/ ]
[ US /ˈsɪstəm/ ]
NOUN
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a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts
the body has a system of organs for digestion -
a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going -
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 -
the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole
exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system -
an organized structure for arranging or classifying
the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original
he changed the arrangement of the topics
he tried to understand their system of classification -
a procedure or process for obtaining an objective
they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation -
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 -
(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 -
instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity
the system consists of a motor and a small computer
he bought a new stereo system
How To Use system In A Sentence
- It would almost be better to have no backbench bills at all than the current system, which offers a false glimmer of hope. Times, Sunday Times
- A substantial element of the system is the set of physical exercises performed in pairs and again based on the idea of the power of co-operation.
- There are a lot of so-called "Mathematical Economic Models" in today's market, but none of them presents an inclusive and deterministic system.
- The terrestrial planets in our solar system all have very specific spectroscopic fingerprints that tell us quite a bit about their atmospheres.
- If you accept that you have to do mass education - and, to keep costs low and for a lot of other reasons, I think that's not an unreasonable conclusion - you have to systematize it.
- One could argue that such a missile defence system would bring about the abandonment of ballistic missiles as strategic weapons.
- The software is also a great customization solution for those who would like to alter the look and feel of the Finder, Dock and login window, making it easy to prebind and re-prebind their entire system or selected folders, run cron scripts, change startup mode and language, force empty trash, update "whatis," locate databases, and so on. Softpedia News - Global
- Botanical species in this ancient ecosystem included sagebrush, bluegrass, sedges, and herbs.
- The authors of the second paper admit that “other variables … influence the binding avidity (preference), such as type of SA (sialic acid of the receptor site) and glycosylation and sialylation of the hemagglutinin close to the receptor binding site. †These factors all vary obviously and there are other variables in the equation as well including the status of specific areas of the immune system. Think Progress » An Inconvenient Truth and An Intolerable Summer
- When the new student funding system was devised in 2010 the figure was just 28%. Times, Sunday Times
