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1887 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 134 205 It is suggested therefore that..the new system name Agnotozoic, first proposed by Professor T. C. Chamberlin, be used.

1917 Geol. Mag. New Ser. 4 85 These rather uncomfortable system-names are adopted from Mr. E. O. Ulrich.

1928 Calif. Law Rev. 16 117 The system efficiency is both physical and economic.

1939 Energy Resources & National Policy (U.S. National Resources Comm.) 28 Federal policy on development of water power should embrace the building or the acquirement of steam plants in connection with any hydro development needing steam-driven capacity for the best balance of system capacity.

1962 J. Riordan Stochastic Service Syst. iv. 70 As noted previously, this is a system with limited waiting capacity. If the waiting capacity is K − 1, the system capacity is K.

1962 E. Godfrey Retail Selling & Organization xi. 120 Many firms now recognize that system training needs to be interspersed with periods of practical selling.

1973 C. W. Gear Introd. Computer Sci. iv. 156 These built-in subroutines..form part of what is called the system library.

1976 Time 20 Dec. , facing p. 2 (advt.) This new aid for a communication-saturated world is one more example of Toshiba's sophisticated system technology, which brings together technology from many different fields to solve complex problems of today.

1977 A. Giddens Stud. in Social & Polit. Theory ii. 127 By ‘system contradiction’ I mean a disjunction between two or more ‘principles of organization’ or ‘structural principles’ which govern the connections between social systems within a larger collectivity.

1978 J. McNeil Consultant ix. 108 The details of his past career..appeared to have involved Webb in the study of system efficiency.

2002 A. C. Helton Price of Indifference v. 136 Another test looms with the efforts to strengthen UN system capacities relating to work on behalf of internal exiles around the world.

2006 J. O. Grady Syst. Requirements Anal. iii. 143/1 The system name will generally be given by the customer.