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noun/ˈsɪstəm/
  1. 1

    A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.countableuncountable

    • The bass and treble clefs combined, include all the sounds belonging to our musical system, as they appear on a 6½-octave pianoforte, extending from C C C in the bass to F in altissimo.
    • Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
  2. 2

    A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.; A set of hardware and software operating in a computer.countableuncountable

    • WIPO [the World Intellectual Property Organization] reported that China had 17 of the top 20 academic organizations filing for AI-related patents. It noted China was especially strong in the fast-growing area of "deep learning." This is a m
  3. 3

    A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.; A set of equations involving the same variables, which are to be solved simultaneously.countableuncountable

    • The method of solving systems of equations by matrices that we will look at is based on procedures involving equations that we are familiar with from previous mathematics courses. The main idea is to reduce a given system of equations to an
  4. 4

    A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.; A set of staves linked by a brace that indicate instruments or sounds that are to be played simultaneously.countableuncountable

    • To notate music that is played on a piano or is played by different musicians on various instruments, one often uses several staves to notate the various musical voices. A single vertical line drawn to the left of multiple staves creates a
  5. 5

    A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.; A set of body organs having a particular function.countableuncountable

    • the digestive system the nervous system
  6. 6

    A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.; A set of alters of a person, or the multiple (“an individual with multiple personalities”) who contains them.countableuncountable

    • But that alter often turns out to be relatively recent and fairly peripheral in the multiple's total system of alters.
  7. 7

    A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.; A system in which two or more objects are bound to each other by gravity.countableuncountable

    • There are eight planets in the solar system.
  8. 8

    A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.; A comprehensive and logically organized set of propositions or philosophical beliefs.countableuncountable

    • In the footnote attached to this statement Rosen refers to the “hypnotic” quality of Kojève’s system.
  9. 9

    A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.; The mainstream culture, controlled by the elites or government of a state, or a combination of them, seen as oppressive to the individual.capitalizedcountablederogatory

    • Meronyms: the man, yes-men, elephant in the room, emperor's new clothes, Leviathan, Big Brother
  10. 10

    A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.; A set of rules for a tabletop roleplaying game.countableuncountable

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