system; scheme




a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole

"a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"

Type of:
  • group; grouping

Types:
  • language system
  • judiciary; judicature; judicatory; judicial system
  • economy; economic system
  • ecosystem
  • social organization; social organisation; social structure; social system; structure
  • dragnet
  • machinery
  • network; web
  • nonlinear system
  • subsystem
  • organism
  • syntax
  • body
  • shebang
  • solar system
  • water system
  • rootage; root system


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