system

An ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized.

“we can't do it unless we establish some system around here”

A group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole.

“a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going”

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”

An organized structure for arranging or classifying.

“he tried to understand their system of classification”

A group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts.

“the body has a system of organs for digestion”

A procedure or process for obtaining an objective.

“they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation”

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”

(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”

The living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole.

“exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system”