| NOUN | artifact | system | instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity |
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| group | system, scheme | a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole | |
| substance | system | (physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium | |
| cognition | system, system of rules | a complex of methods or rules governing behavior | |
| cognition | system, arrangement, organization, organisation | an organized structure for arranging or classifying | |
| body | system | a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts | |
| cognition | system | a procedure or process for obtaining an objective | |
| body | system | the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole | |
| attribute | system, organization, organisation | an ordered manner |
| Sounds | sih'stahm | |
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| Rhymes | abolitionism ... zirconium: 557 rhymes with ahm... | |
| Meaning | A group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole. | |
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| Example | "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going" | |
| Synonym | scheme | |
| Parts | hierarchy | A series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system |
| Narrower | body | A collection of particulars considered as a system |
| dragnet | A system of coordinated measures for apprehending (criminals or other individuals) | |
| economy, economic system | The system of production and distribution and consumption | |
| ecosystem | A system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment | |
| judiciary, judicature, judicatory, judicial system | The system of law courts that administer justice and constitute the judicial branch of government | |
| language system | A system of linguistic units or elements used in a particular language | |
| machinery | A system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions | |
| network, web | An interconnected / interconnected system of things or people | |
| nonlinear system | A system whose performance cannot be described by equations of the first degree | |
| organism | A system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body | |
| rootage, root system | A developed system of roots | |
| shebang | An entire system | |
| social organization, social organisation, social structure, social system, structure | The people in a society considered as a system organized by a characteristic pattern of relationships | |
| solar system | The sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field | |
| subsystem | A system that is part of some larger system | |
| syntax | A systematic orderly arrangement | |
| water system | A river and all of its tributaries | |
| Broader | group, grouping | Any number of entities (members) considered as a unit |
| Spanish | esquema, sistema | |
| Catalan | sistema | |
| Meaning | (physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium. | |
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| Category | physical chemistry | The branch of chemistry dealing with the physical properties of chemical substances |
| Broader | matter | That which has mass and occupies space |
| Spanish | sistema | |
| Catalan | sistema | |
| Meaning | A complex of methods or rules governing behavior. | |
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| Synonym | system of rules | |
| Narrower | accounting | A system that provides quantitative information about finances |
| anthroposophy | A system of beliefs and practices based on the philosophy of Rudolf Steiner | |
| discipline | A system of rules of conduct or method of practice | |
| ethic, ethical code | A system of principles governing morality and acceptable conduct | |
| frame of reference, frame | A system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning / 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 | |
| logic | The system of operations performed by a computer that underlies the machine's representation of logical operations | |
| merit system | The system of employing and promoting civil servants on the basis of ability | |
| organon | A system of principles for philosophic or scientific investigations | |
| point system | A system of evaluation based on awarding points according to rules | |
| program, programme | A system of projects or services intended to meet a public need | |
| spoils system | The system of employing and promoting civil servants who are friends and supporters of the group in power | |
| theology, theological system | A particular system or school of religious beliefs and teachings | |
| theosophy | A system of belief based on mystical insight into the nature of God and the soul | |
| Broader | method | A way of doing something, especially a systematic way |
| Spanish | sistema | |
| Catalan | sistema de regles, sistema | |
| Meaning | An organized structure for arranging or classifying. | |
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| Example | "he tried to understand their system of classification" | |
| Synonyms | arrangement, organization, organisation | |
| Narrower | calendar | A system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year |
| 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 system, reference frame | 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 | |
| Broader | structure | The complex composition of knowledge as elements and their combinations |
| Spanish | disposición, ordenación, orden, organización, sistema | |
| Catalan | disposició, ordenació, ordre, sistema | |
| Verbs | systemize, systemise | arrange according to a system or reduce to a system |
| Meaning | A procedure or process for obtaining an objective. | |
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| Example | "they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation" | |
| Narrower | 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 | |
| Broader | plan of action | A plan for actively doing something |
| Spanish | sistema | |
| Catalan | sistema | |
| Meaning | The living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole. | |
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| Example | "exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system" | |
| Broader | live body | The body of a living animal or person |
| Spanish | sistema | |
| Catalan | sistema | |
| Meaning | An ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized. | |
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| Example | "we can't do it unless we establish some system around here" | |
| Synonyms | organization, organisation | |
| Broader | orderliness, methodicalness | The quality of appreciating method and system |
| Adjectives | systematic | characterized by order and planning |
| Verbs | systemize, systemise | arrange according to a system or reduce to a system |
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