systems

1. instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entityExamples: "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer"Synonyms: system

2. a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified wholeExamples: "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"Synonyms: scheme, system

3. (physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibriumExamples: "in a static system oil cannot be replaced by water on a surface"; "a system generating hydrogen peroxide"Synonyms: system

4. a complex of methods or rules governing behaviorExamples: "they have to operate under a system they oppose"; "that language has a complex system for indicating gender"Synonyms: system, system of rules

5. an organized structure for arranging or classifyingExamples: "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"Synonyms: arrangement, organisation, organization, system

6. a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or partsExamples: "the body has a system of organs for digestion"Synonyms: system