system

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From late Latin systēma, from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sustēma, “organised whole, body”), from σύν (syn, “with, together”) + ἵστημι (histēmi, “I stand”).

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪstəm/
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  • Hyphenation: sys‧tem

Noun[edit]

system (plural systems)

  1. A collection of organized things; as in a solar system.
    • 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200: 
      Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.
  2. A way of organising or planning.
    • 2012 March-April, John T. Jost, “Social Justice: Is It in Our Nature (and Our Future)?”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 162: 
      He draws eclectically on studies of baboons, descriptive anthropological accounts of hunter-gatherer societies and, in a few cases, the fossil record. With this biological framework in place, Corning endeavors to show that the capitalist system as currently practiced in the United States and elsewhere is manifestly unfair.
    Many people believed communism was a good system until the breakup of the Soviet Union.
  3. A whole composed of relationships among the members.
  4. (music) A set of staffs that indicate instruments or sounds that are to be played simultaneously.
  5. (mathematics) A set of equations involving the same variables, which are to be solved simultaneously.

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Etymology[edit]

From late Latin systēma, from Ancient Greek σύστημα (sustēma, “organised whole, body”), from σύν (syn, “with, together”) + ἵστημι (histēmi, “I stand”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /systeːm/, [syˈsd̥eːˀm]

Noun[edit]

system n (singular definite systemet, plural indefinite systemer)

  1. system

Inflection[edit]

    Inflection of system
neuter gender Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative system systemet systemer systemerne
genitive systems systemets systemers systemernes

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From English system

Noun[edit]

system m (plural systems)

  1. Word used in star system.

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Noun[edit]

system n (definite singular systemet; indefinite plural system/systemer; definite plural systema/systemene)

  1. system

Polish[edit]

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system m

  1. system

Declension[edit]

    declension of system
singular plural
nominative system systemy
genitive systemu systemów
dative systemowi systemom
accusative system systemy
instrumental systemem systemami
locative systemie systemach
vocative systemie systemy

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system n

  1. a system, a way or method of organizing items and knowledge
  2. a computer system (primarily its hardware)
  3. a system of restricted sales of alcohol, including state-owned monopoly shops

Declension[edit]

Declension of system
singular plural
Neuter indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative system systemet system systemen
genitive systems systemets systems systemens

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