"international system" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: international systems [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} international system (plural international systems)
  1. (politics) The global constellation of states and their relations among each other. Categories (topical): Politics
    Sense id: en-international_system-en-noun-ST4-t08o Topics: government, politics
  2. Ellipsis of International System of Units. (alternative letter-case form) Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis Alternative form of: International System of Units (extra: alternative letter-case form)
    Sense id: en-international_system-en-noun-k8t8-ub5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 44 56

Inflected forms

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