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lymphatic system

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Lymphatic system lymphatic system lĭmfătˈĭk [key], network of vessels carrying lymph, or tissue-cleansing fluid, from the tissues into the veins of the circulatory system. The lymphatic sy...

cgs system

(Encyclopedia)cgs system, system of units of measurement based on the metric system and having the centimeter of length, the gram of mass, and the second of time as its fundamental units. Other cgs units are the dy...

monitorial system

(Encyclopedia)monitorial system, method of elementary education devised by British educators Joseph Lancaster and Andrew Bell during the 19th cent. to furnish schooling to the underprivileged even under conditions ...

geocentric system

(Encyclopedia)geocentric system: see Ptolemaic system. ...

portal system

(Encyclopedia)portal system: see circulatory system. ...

gastrointestinal system

(Encyclopedia)gastrointestinal system: see digestive system. ...

cardiovascular system

(Encyclopedia)cardiovascular system: see circulatory system. ...

heliocentric system

(Encyclopedia)heliocentric system: see Copernican system. ...

examination system

(Encyclopedia)examination system: see Chinese examination system. ...

Copernican system

(Encyclopedia)Copernican system, first modern European theory of planetary motion that was heliocentric, i.e., that placed the sun motionless at the center of the solar system with all the planets, including the ea...