SYSTEM

(Yunanca köken — orijinale bakınız.) In Astronomy, an hypothesis of a certain order and arrangement of the celestial bodies by which their apparent motions are explained. For an account of the systems of Ptolemy, Coperni<?Os,and Tycho Brahe, see Astronomy. System. In the Fine Arts, a collection of the rules and 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 Dia.stem. [s. 1216]