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Main Entry: sys·tem
Pronunciation: sis-tm
Function: noun 1 a: a group of objects or units combined to form a whole and to move or work together <the railroad system> <a park system> b: a group of bodily organs that together carry on one or more vital functions <the digestive system> c: the body considered as a functional unit <a system weakened by disease> d: an orderly plan or method of governing or arranging <a democratic system of government> e: a major division of rocks usually larger than a series and including all formed during a period or era 2 a: a set of ideas or statements that explains the order or functioning of a whole b: a method of classifying, representing, or arranging <a decimal system of numbers> - sys·tem·less /-ls/ adjective