Defn: Capable of, or taking place by, alternate contraction and dilatation; as, the systaltic action of the heart.
SYSTASIS
Sys"ta*sis, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. System.]
Defn: A political union, confederation, or league. [R.] Burke.
SYSTEM
Sys"tem, n. Etym: [L. systema, Gr. système. See Stand.]
1. An assemblage of objects arranged in regular subordination, or after some distinct method, usually logical or scientific; a complete whole of objects related by some common law, principle, or end; a complete exhibition of essential principles or facts, arranged in a rational dependence or connection; a regular union of principles or parts forming one entire thing; as, a system of philosophy; a system of government; a system of divinity; a system of botany or chemistry; a military system; the solar system. The best way to learn any science, is to begin with a regular system, or a short and plain scheme of that science well drawn up into a narrow compass. I. Watts.
2. Hence, the whole scheme of created things regarded as forming one complete plan of whole; the universe. "The great system of the world." Boyle.
3. Regular method or order; formal arrangement; plan; as, to have a system in one's business.
4. (Mus.)
Defn: The collection of staves which form a full score. See Score, n.
5. (Biol.)