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polysystems

polysystems is the plural of polysystem.

Meaning of polysystem

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

Questions about polysystems

What is polysystems the plural of?
Polysystems is the plural of polysystem.

Words near polysystems in the dictionary

  1. polysynthetism
  2. polysynths
  3. polysystem
  4. polysystemic
  5. polysystemicity
  6. polysystems
  7. polysystemy
  8. polytan
  9. polytans
  10. polytarp
  11. polytarps

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