"component parts of a device or system," 1956, from component + -ry.

1932, "a communication system of teletypewriters," from tel(etype) ex(change).

1841, "to spread a system of principles," from propaganda + -ize. Related: Propagandized; propagandizing.

"a group, system, or series of eight," 1801; see octa- + -ad.

"act or process of reducing to a code or system," 1817 (Bentham), noun of action from codify.

"alteration from one system to another," 1907, from the verbal phrase; see change (v.) + over (adv.).

"central processor of a computer system," 1964, from main (adj.) + frame (n.).

"supporter of a colonial system," by 1850, from colonial + -ist; compare colonist.

religious and social system founded in 19c. Persia, 1850; see Baha'i.

1670s, "pertaining to a system," from French systématique or directly from Late Latin systematicus, from Greek systematikos "combined in a whole," from systema (genitive systematos); see system. From 1789 as "methodical," often in a bad sense, "ruthlessly methodical." Related: Systematical (1660s); systematically.