English > system: 9 senses > noun 1, artifact| Meaning | instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity. |
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| Examples | - "he bought a new stereo system"
- "the system consists of a motor and a small computer"
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| Parts | infrastructure, substructure | The basic structure or features of a system or organization |
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| module | A self-contained component (unit or item) that is used in combination with other components |
| Narrower | audio system, sound system | A system of electronic equipment for recording or reproducing sound |
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| communication system | A system for communicating |
| computer system, computing system, automatic data processing system, ADP system, ADPS | A system of one or more computers and associated software with common storage |
| containment | (physics) a system designed to prevent the accidental release of radioactive material from a reactor |
| control system | A system for controlling the operation of another system |
| data system, information system | System consisting of the network of all communication channels used within an organization |
| drainage system | A system of watercourses or drains for carrying off excess water |
| exhaust, exhaust system | System consisting of the parts of an engine through which burned gases or steam are discharged |
| explosive detection system, EDS | A rapid automatic system to detect plastic explosives in passengers' luggage using X-ray technology and computers |
| explosive trace detection, ETD | A system for screening luggage in airports |
| guidance system, guidance device | A system of equipment for automatically guiding the path of a vehicle (especially a missile) |
| hookup, assemblage | A system of components assembled together for a particular purpose |
| inertial guidance system, inertial navigation system | A system to control a plane or spacecraft |
| lockage | A system of locks in a canal or waterway |
| maze, labyrinth | Complex system of paths or tunnels in which it is easy to get lost |
| mechanical system | A system of elements that interact on mechanical principles |
| navigational system | A system that provides information useful in determining the position and course of a ship or aircraft |
| network, electronic network | (electronics) a system of interconnected electronic components or circuits |
| network | A system of intersecting lines or channels |
| propulsion system | A system that provides a propelling or driving force |
| resonator | Any system that resonates |
| scaffolding, staging | A system of scaffolds |
| security system | (computing) a system that enforces boundaries between computer networks |
| selsyn, synchro | A system consisting of a generator and a motor so connected that the motor will assume the same relative position as the generator |
| shipboard system | A system designed to work as a coherent entity on board a naval ship |
| solar thermal system | A system that converts sunlight into heat |
| sprinkler system | A system for extinguishing fires / fires |
| synchromesh | An automotive system for shifting gears in which the gears revolve at the same speed and so shift smoothly |
| Broader | instrumentality, instrumentation | An artifact (or system of artifacts) that is instrumental in accomplishing some end |
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| Spanish | sistema, unidad |
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| Catalan | sistema, unitat |
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English > system: 9 senses > noun 2, group| 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" |
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| Synonym | scheme |
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| Parts | hierarchy | A series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system |
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| Narrower | body | A collection of particulars considered as a system |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | esquema, sistema |
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| Catalan | sistema |
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English > system: 9 senses > noun 5, cognition| Meaning | An organized structure for arranging or classifying. |
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| Example | "he tried to understand their system of classification" |
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| Synonyms | arrangement, organization, organisation |
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| Narrower | calendar | A system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year |
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| 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 |
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| Spanish | disposición, ordenación, orden, organización, sistema |
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| Catalan | disposició, ordenació, ordre, sistema |
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| Verbs | systemize, systemise | arrange according to a system or reduce to a system |
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English > system: 9 senses > noun 6, body| Meaning | A group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts. |
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| Example | "the body has a system of organs for digestion" |
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| Narrower | articulatory system | The system of joints in the body |
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| central nervous system, CNS, systema nervosum centrale | The portion of the vertebrate nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord |
| digestive system, gastrointestinal system, systema alimentarium, systema digestorium | The system that makes food absorbable into the body |
| endocrine system | The system of glands that produce endocrine secretions that help to control bodily / bodily metabolic activity |
| immune system | A system (including the thymus and bone marrow and lymphoid tissues) that protects the body from foreign / foreign substances and pathogenic organisms by producing the immune response |
| integumentary system | The skin and its appendages |
| mononuclear phagocyte system, MPS, system of macrophages | A widely distributed system of free and fixed macrophages derived from bone marrow |
| muscular structure, musculature, muscle system | The muscular system of an organism |
| musculoskeletal system | The system of muscles and tendons and ligaments and bones and joints and associated tissues that move the body and maintain its form |
| nervous system, systema nervosum | The sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells |
| peripheral nervous system, systema nervosum periphericum | The section of the nervous system lying outside the brain and spinal cord |
| reproductive system, genital system | organs and tissues involved in the production and maturation of gametes and in their union and subsequent development as offspring |
| respiratory system, systema respiratorium | The system for taking in oxygen and giving off carbon dioxide |
| reticuloendothelial system, RES | A widely distributed system consisting of all the cells able to ingest bacteria or colloidal particles etc, except for certain white blood cells |
| sensory system | The body's system of sense organs |
| skeletal system, skeleton, frame, systema skeletale | The hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal |
| tract | A system of body parts that together serve some particular purpose |
| urogenital system, urogenital apparatus, urinary system, urinary apparatus, genitourinary system, genitourinary apparatus, systema urogenitale, apparatus urogenitalis | The system that includes all organs involved in reproduction and in the formation and voidance of urine |
| vascular system | The vessels and tissue that carry or circulate fluids such as blood or lymph or sap through the body of an animal or plant |
| venation, venous blood system | (zoology) the system of venous blood vessels in an animal |
| Broader | body part | Any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity |
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| Spanish | aparato, sistema |
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| Catalan | aparell, sistema |
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