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equatorial coordinate system

(Encyclopedia)CE5 Equatorial coordinate system equatorial coordinate system, the most commonly used astronomical coordinate system for indicating the positions of stars or other celestial objects on the celesti...

autonomic nervous system

(Encyclopedia)autonomic nervous system: see nervous system. ...

parasympathetic nervous system

(Encyclopedia)parasympathetic nervous system: see nervous system. ...

life support system

(Encyclopedia)life support system: see artificial life support; Life Support for Human Spaceflight under space science. ...

pitot static system

(Encyclopedia)pitot static system pētōˈ [key], device for measuring the rate at which a fluid flows. Among the principal applications of the device are an airspeed indicator for aircraft and a distance and speed...

central nervous system

(Encyclopedia)central nervous system: see nervous system. ...

sympathetic nervous system

(Encyclopedia)sympathetic nervous system: see nervous system. ...

Space Transportation System

(Encyclopedia)Space Transportation System, official designation for the U.S. space shuttle. ...

transdermal delivery system

(Encyclopedia)transdermal delivery system: see skin patch. ...

ring, mathematical system

(Encyclopedia)ring, in mathematics, system consisting of a set R of elements and two binary operations, such that addition makes R a commutative group and multiplication is associative and distributes over addition...