system

  1. Noun.  A collection of organized things; as in a solar system.
  2. Noun.  A way of organising or planning.
  3. Noun.  A whole composed of relationships among the members.
  4. Noun.  (music) A set of staffs that indicate instruments or sounds that are to be played simultaneously.
  5. Noun.  (mathematics) A set of equations involving the same variables, which are to be solved simultaneously.

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