(n.) 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.
(n.) Hence, the whole scheme of created things regarded as
forming one complete plan of whole; the universe.
(n.) Regular method or order; formal arrangement; plan; as, to
have a system in one's business.
(n.) The collection of staves which form a full score. See
Score, n.
(n.) 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.
(n.) 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.
