system 5

noundomain: thinking

Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]

English

Definition

an organized structure for arranging or classifying

Examples

1.he tried to understand their system of classification
2.the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original
3.he changed the arrangement of the topics

Derivationally related form

verb

arrange according to a system or reduce to a system

verb

arrange according to a system or reduce to a system

Hyponym

noun

a system for classifying things

noun

an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.

noun

a system that uses coordinates to establish position

noun

(computer science) the organization of data (and its storage allocations in a computer)

noun

an arrangement scheme