different between system vs aggregate

English

Etymology

From Middle French sisteme, systeme (modern French système (“system”)), or directly from its etymon Late Latin syst?ma (“harmony; musical scale; set of celestial objects; set of troops; system”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (súst?ma, “musical scale; organized body; whole made of several parts or members”), from ???- (sun-, prefix meaning ‘with, together’) + ?????? (híst?mi, “to stand”) (from Proto-Indo-European *steh?- (“to stand (up)”)) + -?? (-ma, suffix forming neuter nouns denoting the result of, a particular instance of, or the object of an action). The English word is cognate with Dutch systema, German System, Italian sistema, Portuguese sistema, Spanish sistema.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?s?st?m/
• (General American) enPR: s?s?t?m, IPA^(key): /?s?st?m/
• Hyphenation: sys?tem

Noun

system (plural systems)

1. A collection of organized things; a whole composed of relationships among its members. [from early 17th c.]

   Synonyms: arrangement, complex, composition, organization, set up, structure

   1. (derogatory) Preceded by the word the: the mainstream culture, controlled by the elites or government of a state, or a combination of them, seen as oppressive to the individual.
   2. (computing) A set of hardware and software operating in a computer.
   3. (mathematics) A set of equations involving the same variables, which are to be solved simultaneously.
   4. (music) A set of staves linked by a brace that indicate instruments or sounds that are to be played simultaneously.
   5. (physiology) A set of body organs having a particular function.
   6. (psychiatry) A set of alters, or the multiple (“the individual with multiple personalities due to, for example, a dissociative personality disorder”) who contains them.
   7. (astronomy) A planetary system; a set of planets orbiting a star or star system
2. A method or way of organizing or planning.

Usage notes

In attributive use, especially relating to computer systems, the plural is more common than the singular; one normally speaks of a systems engineer and not a system engineer.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ???? (shisutemu)

Translations

See also

• network

References

Further reading

• system on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• stymes

Danish

Etymology

From late Latin syst?ma, from Ancient Greek ??????? (súst?ma, “organised whole, body”), from ??? (sún, “with, together”) + ?????? (híst?mi, “I stand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syste?m/, [sy?sd?e??m]

Noun

system n (singular definite systemet, plural indefinite systemer)

1. system

Declension

See also

• system on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

References

• “system” in Den Danske Ordbog

French

Etymology

From English system

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sis.t?m/
• Homophone: système

Noun

system m (plural systems)

1. Word used in star system.

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (súst?ma)

Noun

system n (definite singular systemet, indefinite plural system or systemer, definite plural systema or systemene)

1. a system

Derived terms

References

• “system” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (súst?ma)

Noun

system n (definite singular systemet, indefinite plural system, definite plural systema)

1. a system

Derived terms

References

• “system” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From French système, from Late Latin syst?ma, from Ancient Greek ??????? (súst?ma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?.st?m/

Noun

system m inan

1. system (collection of organized things; whole composed of relationships among its members)

   Synonym: uk?ad

Declension

Derived terms

• (adjective) systemowy

Related terms

• (noun) systematyczno??
• (adjective) systematyczny
• (adverbs) systematycznie, systemowo

Further reading

• system in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• system in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Pronunciation

Noun

system n

1. a system, a way or method of organizing items and knowledge
2. a computer system (primarily its hardware)
3. a system of restricted sales of alcohol, including state-owned monopoly shops

Declension

Derived terms

References

• system in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Anagrams

• mysets

Welsh

Alternative forms

• sustem

Etymology

From English system.

Pronunciation

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /?s??sd?m/, [?s??st?m]
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /?s?sd?m/, [?s?st?m]

Usage notes

Being a word borrowed from English derived from Greek, the y in system is pronounced /??, ?/ rather than expected /?/. To preserve consistency between pronunciation and spelling, some prefer to spell this word sustem. Nevertheless, system is the more common spelling of the two. See pyramid/puramid, symbol/sumbol, synthesis/sunthesis for similar examples.

Noun

system f (plural systemau, not mutable)

1. system

   Synonym: cyfundrefn

Derived terms

• systematig (“systematic”)

Further reading

• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “system”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies

English

Etymology

From Latin aggreg?tus, perfect passive participle of aggreg? (“I flock together”), from ag- (combining form of ad (“to, toward”)) + greg? (“I flock or group”), from grex (“flock”). Compare gregarious.

Pronunciation

Noun and adjective

• enPR: ?'gr?g?t, IPA^(key): /?æ?????t/

Verb

• enPR: ?'gr?g?t, IPA^(key): /?æ?????e?t/

Noun

aggregate (countable and uncountable, plural aggregates)

1. A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; something consisting of elements but considered as a whole.
   • 1898, Arthur Berry, A Short History of Astronomy Chapter 12 - Herschel

     If the nebulosity were due to an aggregate of stars so far off as to be separately indistinguishable, then the central body would have to be a star of almost incomparably greater dimensions than an ordinary star; if, on the other hand, the central body were of dimensions comparable with those of an ordinary star, the nebulosity must be due to something other than a star cluster.

2. A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; – in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles.
   • 1847, William Black, A Practical Treatise on Brewing : Calculating Lengths and Gravities

     This in the second boiling will be replaced by nearly an equal quantity of worts, of the same gravity as turned out of the copper, which, in making the calculation, is to be deducted from the aggregate of the second worts, and so on with a third wort if necessary.

3. (mathematics, obsolete) A set (collection of objects).
4. (music) The full chromatic scale of twelve equal tempered pitches.
5. (sports) The total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores
   • 12 December 2016, Associated Press, Brazil and Argentina reportedly to play friendly at MCG in 2017

     Brazil won the first series 2-0 on aggregate before Argentina got revenge in 2012 via a penalty shootout.

6. (roofing) Crushed stone, crushed slag or water-worn gravel used for surfacing a built-up roof system.
7. Solid particles of low aspect ratio added to a composite material, as distinguished from the matrix and any fibers or reinforcements, especially the gravel and sand added to concrete.
   • 1823, James Fenimore Cooper, The Pioneers Chapter 21

     "Yes sair," returned the Frenchman, whose prominent eyes were watching the precarious footsteps of the beast he rode, as it picked its dangerous way among the roots of trees, holes, log bridges, and sloughs that formed the aggregate of the highway.
8. (Buddhism) Any of the five attributes that constitute the sentient being.

Synonyms

• (mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars): cluster
• (attribute of the sentient being in Buddhism): skandha

Translations

Derived terms

• aggregational
• in aggregate

See also

• composite
• conglomerate
• twelve-tone technique
• serialism

References

• DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ?ISBN, Ch. 6.

Adjective

aggregate (comparative more aggregate, superlative most aggregate)

1. Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective; combined; added up.
   • 1902, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Great Boer War Chapter 33 The Northern Operations from January to April, 1901

     All over the country small British columns had been operating during these months--operations which were destined to increase in scope and energy as the cold weather drew in. The weekly tale of prisoners and captures, though small for any one column, gave the aggregate result of a considerable victory.

2. Consisting or formed of smaller objects or parts.
3. Formed into clusters or groups of lobules.

4. (botany) Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry.
5. Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means.
6. United into a common organized mass; said of certain compound animals.

Translations

Verb

aggregate (third-person singular simple present aggregates, present participle aggregating, simple past and past participle aggregated)

1. (transitive) To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum.

   The aggregated soil.

2. (archaic, transitive) To add or unite (e.g. a person), to an association.
3. (transitive) To amount in the aggregate to.

   There are ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels.

Antonyms

• segregate

Translations

References

• aggregate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Italian

Verb

aggregate

1. second-person plural present indicative of aggregare
2. second-person plural imperative of aggregare
3. feminine plural of aggregato

Latin

Verb

aggreg?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of aggreg?