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According to WordNet, the noun "system" has 9 sense(s).
105661996 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".
114981183 (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".
104377057 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".
104768657 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".
105219097 the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole; "exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system".
105726596 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".
108435388 a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going".
