n 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
n a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole
a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going
n (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
n 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
n an organized structure for arranging or classifying
he tried to understand their system of classification
n a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts
the body has a system of organs for digestion
n a procedure or process for obtaining an objective
they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation
n the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole
exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system
n an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized
we can't do it unless we establish some system around here
An immune system trained to recognize the first signs of new or recurrent growth can begin to attack malignancies far earlier than the best scans can detect them.
The system does not and cannot exist to satisfy human needs.
How the vote works, how some post-election scenarios could play out and why, for all its flaws, this is still a good system.
Dodgers will spend again to improve, but improving farm system is key The Dodgers have the resources to increase payroll, but team President Stan Kasten wants the farm system to be strong enough that midseason trades aren't necessary. The Dodgers have the resources to increase payroll, but team President Stan Kasten wants the farm system to be stronger.
July 2, 2013 - Los Angeles Times
MORRISTOWN: Atlantic Health System, Hunterdon Healthcare System finalize alliance Atlantic Health System and Hunterdon Healthcare System have announced the signing of documents to create a jointly owned health care alliance, The Midjersey Health Alliance, formed to provide patients in Hunterdon, Somerset, Mercer and Warren counties greater care coordination and expanded services. While each system will retain its independence, the alliance will create significant clinical and ...
July 2, 2013 - The Beacon
Barack Obama in Washington Post Gen. Stanley McChrystal's conduct, he said, "does not meet the standard that should be set by a commanding general. It undermines the civilian control of the military that is at the core of our democratic system."
Samuel Alito in ABC News It is clear that the framers and ratifiers of the Fourteenth Amendment counted the right to keep and bear arms among those fundamental rights necessary to our system of ordered liberty,wrote Justice Samuel Alito for the five-four majority.
Martha Coakley in BusinessWeek It is unconstitutional "for the federal government to decide who is married and to create a system of first- and second-class marriages," state Attorney General Martha Coakley said in a statement.