System

sis′tem, n. anything formed of parts placed together or adjusted into a regular and connected whole: an a emblage of bodies as a connected whole: an orderly arrangement of objects according to some common law or end: regular method or order: a full and connected view of some department of knowledge: an explanatory hypothesis or theory: the universe.— adjs. System at′ic , -al , pertaining to, or consisting of, system: formed or done according to system: methodical.— adv. System at′ically .— ns. System at i′cian ; System at isā′tion , System isā′tion .— vs.t. Sys′tematise , Sys′temise , to reduce to a system.— ns. Sys′tematiser ; Sys′tematism ; Sys′tematist ; Systematol′ogy .— adjs. System′ic , systematic; pertaining to the human system; Sys′temle , without system: not exhibiting organic structure.— ns. Sys′tem-māk′er , -mon′ger , one unduly fond of constructing systems. [Gr. systēma — syn , together, histēmi , I place.]