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manorial system

(Encyclopedia)manorial system sēnyôrˈēəl [key], economic and social system of medieval Europe under which peasants' land tenure and production were regulated, and local justice and taxation were administered. ...

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...