Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
System
Sys′tem
,Noun.
[L.
systema
, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to place together; σύν
with + [GREEK] to place: cf. F. système
. 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
. 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.
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.
3.
Regular method or order; formal arrangement; plan;
as, to have a
. system
in one’s business5.
(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
; hence, the whole body as a functional unity. system
, the muscular system
, the digestive system
, etc.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.
Block system
, Conservative system
etc. See under
Block
, Conservative
, etc.Webster 1828 Edition
System
SYS'TEM
,Noun.
1.
An assemblage of things adjusted into a regular whole; or a whole plan or scheme consisting of many parts connected in such a manner as to create a chain of mutual dependencies; or a regular union of principles or parts forming one entire thing. Thus we say, a system of logic, a system of philosophy, a system of government, a system of principles, the solar system, the Copernican system, a system of divinity, a system of law, a system of morality, a system of husbandry, a system of botany or of chimistry.2.
Regular method or order.3.
In music, an interval compounded or supposed to be compounded of several lesser intervals, as the fifth octave, &c. the elements of which are called diastems.Definition 2024
systém
systém
Czech
Noun
systém m
Declension
Declension of systém
Synonyms
- soustava f (used in different contexts)