SYSTEM

(Yunanca köken — orijinale bakınız.) In Astronomy, nn hypothesis of a certain order and arrangement oft lie celestial bodies by which their apparent motions are explained. For an account of the systems of Ptolemy, Copernicus, and Tycho Brahe, see Astronomy. System. In the Fine Arts, a collection of the rules arid principles upon which an artist works. System. In Music, an interval composed, or supposed to be composed, of several le er ones: as an octave, which is a system. See Diastem. 1211 [s. 1225]