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Mariinsk System
(Encyclopedia)Mariinsk System: see Volga-Baltic Waterway. ...heliocentric system
(Encyclopedia)heliocentric system: see Copernican system. ...geocentric system
(Encyclopedia)geocentric system: see Ptolemaic system. ...gastrointestinal system
(Encyclopedia)gastrointestinal system: see digestive system. ...integumentary system
(Encyclopedia)integumentary system: see skin.digestive system
(Encyclopedia)CE5 Digestive system digestive system, in the animal kingdom, a group of organs functioning in digestion and assimilation of food and elimination of wastes. Virtually all animals have a digestive ...duodecimal system
(Encyclopedia)duodecimal system: see numeration. ...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...Continental System
(Encyclopedia)Continental System, scheme of action adopted by Napoleon I in his economic warfare with England from 1806 to 1812. Economic warfare had been carried on before 1806, but the system itself was initiated...cooling system
(Encyclopedia)cooling system: see air conditioning; internal-combustion engine; refrigeration. ...Browse by Subject
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