system

1. system (collection of organized things; whole composed of relationships among its members)
2. system (set of devices and tools as a whole)
3. system (set of body organs having a particular function)
4. system (comprehensive and logically organized set of propositions or philosophical beliefs)
5. system (method or way of organizing or planning)
6. system (elites or government of a state)
7. system (set of equations involving the same variables, which are to be solved simultaneously)
8. system (set of hardware and software operating in a computer)
9. formation (layer of rock of common origin)
10. system (planetary system; a set of planets orbiting a star or star system)
11. (obsolete) system (set of staves linked by a brace that indicate instruments or sounds that are to be played simultaneously)