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polysystem

polysystem noun: a group of systems that function together as a system.

Noun

polysystem (plural polysystems)

  1. A group of systems that function together as a system.
    • […] the fact that the theatre is a polysystem, which brings together signs from a variety of systems such as (as here) the costumic, the gestural, the expressive, the aural and the verbal or linguistic — to formulate its message.1984, The New Orleans Review, volume 11, page 123

Forms of polysystem

pluralpolysystems

Origin of polysystem

From poly- + system.

Questions about polysystem

What does polysystem mean?
Polysystem means a group of systems that function together as a system.
What part of speech is polysystem?
Polysystem is a noun.
What is the plural of polysystem?
The plural of polysystem is polysystems.

Words near polysystem in the dictionary

  1. polysynthetically
  2. polysyntheticism
  3. polysyntheticisms
  4. polysynthetism
  5. polysynths
  6. polysystem
  7. polysystemic
  8. polysystemicity
  9. polysystems
  10. polysystemy
  11. polytan

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