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System
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(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.
(2):
(n.) Hence, the whole scheme of created things regarded as forming one complete plan of whole; the universe.
(3):
(n.) The collection of staves which form a full score. See Score, n.
(4):
(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.
(5):
(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.
(6):
(n.) Regular method or order; formal arrangement; plan; as, to have a system in one's business.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'System'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/s/system.html. 1828.
