系統

けいとう

Meanings

1. Noun system
2. lineage; ancestry; family line
3. group (e.g. of colors) (colours); family (e.g. of languages); party; school (of thought)
4. close (evolutionary) relationship
5. a population sharing a common ancestor (in genetics); strain (e.g. bacterial)

Kanji

• 系 system. Read as ケイ.
• 統 unify. Read as トウ.

Example sentences

• システムのこの予測されなかった機能不全は不適切な配線系統によって引き起こされた。
  This unexpected malfunctioning of the system was caused by improper wiring.
• 電気系統に欠点があります。
  There is a fault in the electrical system.
• 個体発生は系統発生を繰り返す。
  Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny.

Common phrases

• 新たな系統
• 系統立てる (けいとうだてる) to systematize

Words containing 系統

• 系統樹 (けいとうじゅ) phylogenetic tree
• 系統的 (けいとうてき) systematic
• 系統群 (けいとうぐん) clade

And 28 more.

Word lists

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