Definition of "system" []

• A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forming a complex whole. (noun)
• A functionally related group of elements, especially: (noun)
• The human body regarded as a functional physiological unit. (noun)
• An organism as a whole, especially with regard to its vital processes or functions. (noun)
• A group of physiologically or anatomically complementary organs or parts: the nervous system; the skeletal system. (noun)

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• "The net heat flow is still from the hot sun through the system to the cold of space, the problem is that this is a *different system* than the previous one with less GHG's."
• "I do understand the current system, and your point about FRB is valid _within the existing system_."
• "As there is a railway system and a hotel system, so there is also a _pig system_, by which this place is marked out from any other."