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system
- /ˈsɪstəm/
Rhymes with -ɪstəm
Where it comes from
Partly borrowed from Middle French sisteme, systeme, partly directly from its etymon Late Latin systēma (“harmony; musical scale; set of celestial objects; set of troops; system”), from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sústēma, “musical scale; organized body; whole made of several parts or members”), from σῠνίστημῐ (sŭnístēmĭ, “to combine, organize”) + -μᾰ (-mă, resultative suffix). σῠνίστημῐ is from σῠν- (sŭn-, “with, together”) + ἵστημι (hístēmi, “to stand”), from Proto-Indo-European *steh₂- (“to stand (up)”).
Cognate with Dutch systeem, modern French système, German System, Italian sistema, Portuguese sistema, Spanish sistema. Doublet of systema.
noun systems
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A group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole.
Every age has its characteristic, and our present one is not behind its predecessors in that respect; it is the age of systems, every system enforced by a treatise. The politician who opposes the corn-laws and advocates free trade, does so on a system, which, as soon as it begins to work, will set t
Similar: arrangement, complex, composition, organization, set up, structure
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A set of hardware and software operating in a computer.
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 machine learning method that includes speech and facial recog
Similar: arrangement, complex, composition, organization, set up, structure
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A set of equations involving the same variables, which are to be solved simultaneously.
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 another simpler system that has the same solutions.
Similar: arrangement, complex, composition, organization, set up, structure
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A set of staves linked by a brace that indicate instruments or sounds that are to be played simultaneously.
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 staff system, which indicates that the music on all staves i
Similar: arrangement, complex, composition, organization, set up, structure
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A set of body organs having a particular function.
the digestive system the nervous system
Similar: arrangement, complex, composition, organization, set up, structure, apparatus
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A set of alters of a person, or the multiple (“an individual with multiple personalities”) who contains them.
But that alter often turns out to be relatively recent and fairly peripheral in the multiple's total system of alters.
Similar: arrangement, complex, composition, organization, set up, structure, multiple, plural system
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A system in which two or more objects are bound to each other by gravity.
There are eight planets in the solar system.
Similar: arrangement, complex, composition, organization, set up, structure
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A comprehensive and logically organized set of propositions or philosophical beliefs.
In the footnote attached to this statement Rosen refers to the “hypnotic” quality of Kojève’s system.
Similar: arrangement, complex, composition, organization, set up, structure
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The mainstream culture, controlled by the elites or government of a state, or a combination of them, seen as oppressive to the individual.
Meronyms: the man, yes-men, elephant in the room, emperor's new clothes, Leviathan, Big Brother
Similar: arrangement, complex, composition, organization, set up, structure
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A set of rules for a tabletop roleplaying game.
Similar: arrangement, complex, composition, organization, set up, structure
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A socioeconomic formation.
The capitalist system
Similar: arrangement, complex, composition, organization, set up, structure
- A method or way of organizing or planning. Followers should have a system to follow that works in their interests, not against them.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: organisation, organization, arrangement, unit, regime, polity, establishment, dispositif, regimen, institutional, institution, administration, regulation, law, rule, management
Translations
Every language
noun group or set of related things that operate together as a complex whole
| Español | sistema |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 체계 chegye, 제도 jedo, 계통 gyetong |
| 日本語 | 系統 keitō, 系 kei, 制度 seido, 体系 taikei |
| 中文 | 系統 /系统 xìtǒng, 制度 zhìdù, 體系 /体系 tǐxì |
| हिन्दी | रीति rīti, क्रम kram, सारणी sārṇī, सिस्टम sisṭam, प्रणाली praṇālī, तरीक़ा tarīqā |
| Kiswahili | mfumo |
| Português | sistema |
| Français | système |
| Deutsch | System, Ordnung, Verbund |
| Italiano | sistema |
| Ελληνικά | σύστημα sýstima |
| Română | sistem |
| Русский | систе́ма sistéma |
| Tiếng Việt | hệ thống |
| العربية | نِظَام niẓām, جِهَاز jihāz |
| עברית | שִׁיטָה shitá |
noun (computing) set of hardware and software operating in a computer
| 中文 | 系統 /系统 xìtǒng |
|---|---|
| Português | sistema |
| Русский | систе́ма sistéma |
noun (mathematics) set of equations to be solved simultaneously
| 中文 | 方程組 /方程组 fāngchéngzǔ |
|---|---|
| Русский | систе́ма sistéma |
noun (music) set of staves indicating instruments or sounds to be played simultaneously
| 中文 | 譜表組 /谱表组 pǔbiǎozǔ |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Akkolade |
noun (physiology) set of body organs having a particular function
| Español | sistema |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 器系 kikei |
| 中文 | 系統 /系统 xìtǒng |
| Português | sistema |
| Français | système |
| Deutsch | System |
| Italiano | sistema |
| Русский | систе́ма sistéma |
noun mainstream culture
| Português | sistema |
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title = {system},
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