system

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1. 1.Hence, the whole scheme of created things regarded as forming one complete plan of whole; the universe. "The great system of the world." Boyle.
2. 2.Regular method or order; formal arrangement; plan; as, to have a system in one's business.
3. 3.(Mus.) The collection of staves which form a full score. See Score, n.
4. 4.(Biol.) 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.
5. 5.(Zoöl.) One of the stellate or irregular clusters of intimately united zooids which are imbedded in, or scattered over, the surface of the common tissue of many compound ascidians. Block system, Conservative system, etc. See under Block, Conservative, etc.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is hence, the whole scheme of created things regarded as forming one complete plan of whole; the universe. "The great system of the world." Boyle called?
• What is regular method or order; formal arrangement; plan; as, to have a system in one's business called?
• What is the collection of staves which form a full score. See Score, n called?