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English

Etymology

From late , from {{term|σύστημα||organised whole, body|tr=systēma|sc=polytonic}}, from {{term|συν-||tr=syn-|together|sc=polytonic}} + root of {{term|ἱστάναι||tr=histanai|cause to stand|sc=polytonic}}.

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈsɪstəm/
An audio transcript can be found at en-us-system.ogg
Hyphenation: sys·tem

Noun

A collection of organized things; as, a solar system.
A way of organising or planning.
A whole composed of relationships among the members.
In music, a set of staffs that indicate instruments or sounds that are to be played simultaneously.

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Translations

Albanian: {{t-|sq|sistem|xs=Albanian}}
Arabic:
Armenian: համակարգ (hamakarg)
Azerbaijani: sistem
Bosnian: {{t-|bs|sistem|m}}
Bulgarian: {{t+|bg|система|f|tr=sistema|sc=Cyrl}}
Chinese:
: Cantonese: {{tø|yue|系統|tr=hai6 tung2|sc=Hani|xs=Cantonese}}, {{tø|yue|體系|tr=tai2 hai6|sc=Hani|xs=Cantonese}}
: Mandarin: 系统 (xìtǒng)
Croatian: {{t+|hr|sistem|m}}, {{t-|hr|sustav|m}}
Czech: {{t+|cs|systém|m}}, {{t-|cs|soustava|f}}
Danish: system
Dutch: {{t+|nl|systeem|n}}
Esperanto: {{t-|eo|sistemo|xs=Esperanto}}
Estonian:
Finnish: elimistö, järjestelmä, systeemi
French: {{t+|fr|système|m}}
Galician: {{t-|gl|sistema|m|xs=Galician}}
Georgian: სისტემა (sist‘ema)
German: {{t-|de|System|n}} (1,2,3), {{t+|de|Ordnung|f}} (2)
Greek: {{t|el|σύστημα|n|tr=sístima|sc=Grek}}
Hebrew: שיטה|שִׁיטָה (šīta)
Hindi: रीति (rīti), क्रम (krama), सारणी (sāraṇī)
Hungarian:
Ido: {{t+|io|sistemo|xs=Ido}}
Indonesian: {{t+|id|sistem|xs=Indonesian}}
Interlingua: systema#Interlingua|systema
Irish: {{t-|ga|córas|m|xs=Irish}}
Italian: {{t+|it|sistema|m}}

Japanese: {{t+|ja|系|tr=kei|sc=Jpan}} (けい), {{t+|ja|制度|tr=seido|sc=Jpan}} (せいど)
Korean: 체계 (chegye), 제도 (jedo)
Latvian: {{t|lv|sistēma|xs=Latvian}}
Lithuanian: {{t+|lt|sistema|xs=Lithuanian}}
Mongolian: {{t-|mn|журам|tr=žuram|sc=Cyrl|xs=Mongolian}}
Norwegian: {{t-|no|system|n}}
Persian: {{t+|fa|سامانه|tr=sâmâneh|sc=fa-Arab|xs=Persian}}
Polish: {{t+|pl|układ|f}}
Portuguese: {{t+|pt|sistema|m}}
Romanian: {{t-|ro|sistem|n}}
Russian: {{t+|ru|система|f|tr=sistéma|sc=Cyrl}}
Scots: {{tø|sco|seestem|xs=Scots}}
Serbian: {{t-|sr|sustav|m}}
Sindhi: (sirishtow)
Slovak: {{t-|sk|systém|m}}
Slovene: {{t-|sl|sistem|m}}
Spanish: {{t+|es|sistema|m}}
Swahili: {{t-|sw|kawaida|xs=Swahili}}
Swedish: {{t+|sv|system|n}}
Tagalog: {{t-|tl|sistema|xs=Tagalog}}
Telugu: {{t|te|వ్యవస్థ|tr=vyavastha|sc=Telu}}
Thai: (rábòp), (náyōbāy), (khrǔā)
Turkish:
Ukrainian: {{t-|uk|система|f|tr=sistéma|sc=Cyrl|xs=Ukrainian}}
Uyghur: tüzümi
Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|hệ thống|xs=Vietnamese}}
Welsh: {{t-|cy|system|xs=Welsh|m}} or
Yiddish: {{t|yi|סיסטעם|f|tr=sistem|sc=Hebr|xs=Yiddish}}

Category:1000 English basic words

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Norwegian

Noun

#English|system

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Polish

Pronunciation

An audio transcript can be found at Pl-system.ogg
IPA: [ˈsɨstɛm]

Noun

system#English|system

Declension

{{pl-decl-noun |system|systemy |systemu|systemów |systemowi|systemom |system|systemy |systemem|systemami |systemie|systemach |systemie|systemy }}

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Swedish

Pronunciation

An audio transcript can be found at Sv-system.ogg

Noun

system (: system; def sg: systemet; def pl: systemen)

system

Category:Systems theory Category:Systems|

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English System \Sys"tem\, n. [L. systema, Gr. ?, fr. ? to place
together; sy`n with + ? to place: cf. F. syst[`e]me. See
Stand.]
1. An assemblage of objects arranged in regular
subordination, or after some distinct method, usually
logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects related
by some common law, principle, or end; a complete
exhibition of essential principles or facts, arranged in a
rational dependence or connection; a regular union of
principles or parts forming one entire thing; as, a system
of philosophy; a system of government; a system of
divinity; a system of botany or chemistry; a military
system; the solar system.
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The best way to learn any science, is to begin with
a regular system, or a short and plain scheme of
that science well drawn up into a narrow compass.
--I. Watts.
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2. Hence, the whole scheme of created things regarded as
forming one complete plan of whole; the universe. "The
great system of the world." --Boyle.
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3. Regular method or order; formal arrangement; plan; as, to
have a system in one's business.
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4. (Mus.) The collection of staves which form a full score.
See Score, n.
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5. (Biol.) An assemblage of parts or organs, either in animal
or plant, essential to the performance of some particular
function or functions which as a rule are of greater
complexity than those manifested by a single organ; as,
the capillary system, the muscular system, the digestive
system, etc.; hence, the whole body as a functional unity.
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6. (Zool.) One of the stellate or irregular clusters of
intimately united zooids which are imbedded in, or
scattered over, the surface of the common tissue of many
compound ascidians.
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Block system, Conservative system, etc. See under
Block, Conservative, etc.
[1913 Webster] Systematic

WordNet system
n 1: a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising
a unified whole; "a vast system of production and
distribution and consumption keep the country going"
[syn: scheme]
2: 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"
3: 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" [syn: {system of
rules}]
4: a procedure or process for obtaining an objective; "they had
to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation"
5: a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or
parts; "the body has a system of organs for digestion"
6: 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" [syn: arrangement, organization, organisation]
7: (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"
8: the living body considered as made up of interdependent
components forming a unified whole; "exercise helped him
get the alcohol out of his system"
9: 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" [syn: organization, organisation]

Moby Dictionary
Anschauung , Copernican universe , Einsteinian universe , MO ,
Newtonian universe , Ptolemaic universe , aggregation , algorithm ,
all , all being , all creation , allness , anality , angle ,
angle of vision , apple-pie order , approach , arrangement , array ,
attack , basis , blueprint , blueprinting , body-build , brand ,
calculation , cast , character , characteristic , characteristics ,
charting , combination , complex , complexion , composition ,
conception , concord , constituents , constitution , contrivance ,
cosmos , course , crasis , created nature , created universe , creation ,
deployment , design , device , dharma , diathesis , discipline ,
disposal , disposition , enterprise , entity , envisagement , ethos ,
everything that is , expanding universe , eye , fashion , fiber ,
figuring , fine fettle , footing , foresight , forethought , form ,
formation , frame , frame of reference , framework , game , genius ,
good condition , good shape , good trim , grain , graphing ,
ground plan , group , guidelines , guise , habit , harmony , hue , humor ,
humors , idea , ilk , integral , integrate , intention , kind , layout ,
light , line , line of action , lines , lineup , long-range plan ,
macrocosm , macrocosmos , makeup , manner , manner of working , mapping ,
marshaling , master plan , means , megacosm , mental outlook , mesh ,
metagalaxy , method , methodicalness , methodology , mode ,
mode of operation , mode of procedure , modus , modus operandi , mold ,
nature , neatness , network , omneity , operations research , order ,
orderliness , organization , outlook , pattern , peace , physique ,
place , plan , planning , planning function , plenum , point of view ,
position , practice , prearrangement , procedure , proceeding , process ,
program , program of action , property , proportion ,
pulsating universe , quality , quiet , quietude , rationalization ,
reference system , regard , regularity , respect , routine , schedule ,
schema , schematism , schematization , scheme , scheme of arrangement ,
set , set-up , setup , side , sidereal universe , sight , situation ,
slant , somatotype , sort , spirit , stamp , stand , standpoint ,
steady-state universe , strategic plan , strategy , streak , stripe ,
structure , style , suchness , sum , sum of things , symmetry ,
systematicness , systematization , tack , tactical plan , tactics ,
technique , temper , temperament , tendency , tenor , the big picture ,
the drill , the how , the picture , the way of , tidiness , tone ,
totality , totality of being , tranquillity , trimness , type ,
uniformity , universe , vein , view , viewpoint , way , whole wide world ,
wide world , wise , working plan , world , world without end

Jargon system n. 1. The supervisor program or OS on a computer. 2. The entire
computer system, including input/output devices, the supervisor program
or OS, and possibly other software. 3. Any large-scale program. 4. Any
method or algorithm. 5. `System hacker': one who hacks the system (in
senses 1 and 2 only; for sense 3 one mentions the particular program:
e.g., `LISP hacker')

FOLDOC system

1. The supervisor program or operating system on a
computer.

2. The entire computer system, including input/output devices,
the supervisor program or operating system and possibly
other software.

3. Any large program.

4. Any method or algorithm.

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