System

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System

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1. Any organized arrangement in which each component part acts, reacts, or interacts in accordance with an overall design inherent in the arrangement. </dd>
2. Specifically, a major component of a given vehicle such as a propulsion system or a guidance system. Usually called a major system to distinguish it from the systems subordinate or auxiliary to it. </dd>
The system of sense 1 may become organized by a process of evolution, as in the solar system, or by deliberate action imposed by the designer, as in a missile system or an electrical system. In sense 2, the system embraces all its own subsystems including checkout equipment, servicing equipment, and associated technicians and attendants. When the term is preceded by such designating nouns as propulsion or guidance, it clearly refers to a major component of the missile. Without the designating noun, the term may become ambiguous. When modified by the word major, however, it loses its ambiguity and refers to a major component of the missile. [[/a>|/a> ]]

References

This article is based on NASA's Dictionary of Technical Terms for Aerospace Use