system
Webster Dictionary
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
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system
Webster Dictionary
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
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bureaucracy
Webster Dictionary
a system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the officers of government have an associated authority and responsibility; also, government conducted on this system
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radix
Webster Dictionary
a number or quantity which is arbitrarily made the fundamental number of any system; a base. Thus, 10 is the radix, or base, of the common system of logarithms, and also of the decimal system of numeration
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united states customary system
(United States Customary System)
Princeton's WordNet
the system of weights and measures based on the foot and pound and second and pint that dates back to colonial America but differs in some respects from the British Imperial System; today in the United States this system exists side by side with the SI system
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enthalpy
(ˈɛn θæl pi, ɛnˈθæl-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a quantity associated with a thermodynamic system, expressed as the internal energy of a system plus the product of the pressure and volume of the system.
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code
Webster Dictionary
any system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; as, the medical code, a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians; the naval code, a system of rules for making communications at sea means of signals
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psychoneuroimmunology
(ˌsaɪ koʊˌnʊər oʊˌɪm yəˈnɒl ə dʒi, -ˈnyʊər-)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the study of molecular interconnections among the central nervous system, endocrine system, and immune system that may be influential in linking cognition, emotions, and state of health.
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attractor
(attractor, attracter)
Princeton's WordNet
(physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve regardless of the starting conditions of the system
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attracter
(attractor, attracter)
Princeton's WordNet
(physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve regardless of the starting conditions of the system
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regime
Webster Dictionary
mode or system of rule or management; character of government, or of the prevailing social system
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libration point
Webster Dictionary
any one of five points in the plane of a system of two large astronomical bodies orbiting each other, as the Earth-moon system, where the gravitational pull of the two bodies on an object are approximately equal, and in opposite directions. A solid object moving in the same velocity and direction as such a libration point will remain in gravitational equilibrium with the two bodies of the system and not fall toward either body
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systemic
Webster Dictionary
of or relating to a system; common to a system; as, the systemic circulation of the blood
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malebranchism
Webster Dictionary
the philosophical system of Malebranche, an eminent French metaphysician. The fundamental doctrine of his system is that the mind can not have knowledge of anything external to itself except in its relation to God
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phonography
Webster Dictionary
a representation of sounds by distinctive characters; commonly, a system of shorthand writing invented by Isaac Pitman, or a modification of his system, much used by reporters
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copernican
Webster Dictionary
pertaining to Copernicus, a Prussian by birth (b. 1473, d. 1543), who taught the world the solar system now received, called the Copernican system
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duodecimal
Webster Dictionary
a system of numbers, whose denominations rise in a scale of twelves, as of feet and inches. The system is used chiefly by artificers in computing the superficial and solid contents of their work
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eliminate
Webster Dictionary
to separate; to expel from the system; to excrete; as, the kidneys eliminate urea, the lungs carbonic acid; to eliminate poison from the system
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systematist
Webster Dictionary
one who forms a system, or reduces to system
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caesarism
Webster Dictionary
a system of government in which unrestricted power is exercised by a single person, to whom, as Caesar or emperor, it has been committed by the popular will; imperialism; also, advocacy or support of such a system of government
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envelop
Webster Dictionary
a curve or surface which is tangent to each member of a system of curves or surfaces, the form and position of the members of the system being allowed to vary according to some continuous law. Thus, any curve is the envelope of its tangents
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systematical
Webster Dictionary
of or pertaining to system; consisting in system; methodical; formed with regular connection and adaptation or subordination of parts to each other, and to the design of the whole; as, a systematic arrangement of plants or animals; a systematic course of study
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notation
Webster Dictionary
any particular system of characters, symbols, or abbreviated expressions used in art or science, to express briefly technical facts, quantities, etc. Esp., the system of figures, letters, and signs used in arithmetic and algebra to express number, quantity, or operations
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feudalism
Webster Dictionary
the feudal system; a system by which the holding of estates in land is made dependent upon an obligation to render military service to the kind or feudal superior; feudal principles and usages
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tetragonal
Webster Dictionary
designating, or belonging to, a certain system of crystallization; dimetric. See Tetragonal system, under Crystallization
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mosaism
Webster Dictionary
attachment to the system or doctrines of Moses; that which is peculiar to the Mosaic system or doctrines
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binary
(binary, binary program)
Princeton's WordNet
a pre-compiled, pre-linked program that is ready to run under a given operating system; a binary for one operating system will not run on a different operating system
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air chamber
(ˈɛərˌbɜrst)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a compartment of a hydraulic system containing air that by its elasticity equalizes the pressure and flow of liquid within the system.
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dispersion
(ɪˈspɜr ʒən, -ʃən)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Also called disperse system. a system of dispersed particles suspended in a solid, liquid, or gas.
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impedance
(ɪmˈpid ns)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the ratio of the force on a system undergoing harmonic motion to the velocity of the particles in the system.
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