// n. A very general term for an organized set of competing possibilities among the grammatical or lexical elements of a language, often considered together with a set of statements for choosing among these possibilities. For example, one might speak...

n. A set of linguistic elements which stand in a paradigmatic relation (that is, they represent choices), together with the relations among them. We may speak, for example, of the phoneme system or the tone system of a language. The items in a system...

A set of variables that are interrelated such that a change in one will have an effect on all the...

System (from Latin systēma, in turn from Greek σύστημα systēma) is a set of interacting or interdependent entities, real or abstract, forming an integrated whole. The concept of an 'integrated whole' can also be stated in terms of a system...