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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. ...

binary system

(Encyclopedia)binary system, numeration system based on powers of 2, in contrast to the familiar decimal system, which is based on powers of 10. In the binary system, only the digits 0 and 1 are used. Thus, the fir...

bicameral system

(Encyclopedia)bicameral system bīkămˈərəl [key], governmental system dividing the legislative function between two chambers, an “upper,” such as the U.S. Senate and the British House of Lords, and a “low...

decimal system

(Encyclopedia)decimal system [Lat.,=of tenths], numeration system based on powers of 10. A number is written as a row of digits, with each position in the row corresponding to a certain power of 10. A decimal point...