S: (n) arrangement, organization, organisation, system (an organized structure for arranging or classifying) "he changed the arrangement of the topics"; "the facts were familiar but it was in the organization of them that he was original"; "he tried to understand their system of classification"
S: (n) contrivance (an artificial or unnatural or obviously contrived arrangement of details or parts etc.) "the plot contained too many improbable contrivances to be believable"
S: (n) Cartesian coordinate system (a coordinate system for which the coordinates of a point are its distances from a set perpendicular lines that intersect at the origin of the system)
S: (n) space-time, space-time continuum (the four-dimensional coordinate system (3 dimensions of space and 1 of time) in which physical events are located)
S: (n) data structure ((computer science) the organization of data (and its storage allocations in a computer))
S: (n) design, plan (an arrangement scheme) "the awkward design of the keyboard made operation difficult"; "it was an excellent design for living"; "a plan for seating guests"
S: (n) configuration, constellation (an arrangement of parts or elements) "the outcome depends on the configuration of influences at the time"
S: (n) bus topology, bus (the topology of a network whose components are connected by a busbar)
S: (n) loop topology, loop (the topology of a network whose components are serially connected in such a way that the last component is connected to the first component)
S: (n) layout (a plan or design of something that is laid out)
S: (n) trap, snare (something (often something deceptively attractive) that catches you unawares) "the exam was full of trap questions"; "it was all a snare and delusion"
S: (n) Poisson distribution (a theoretical distribution that is a good approximation to the binomial distribution when the probability is small and the number of trials is large)
S: (n) acceptance sampling (a statistical procedure for accepting or rejecting a batch of merchandise or documents; involves determining the maximum number of defects discovered in a sample before the entire batch is rejected)
S: (n) random sample (a sample in which every element in the population has an equal chance of being selected)
S: (n) genetic map (graphical representation of the arrangement of genes on a chromosome)
S: (n) kinship system ((anthropology) the system of social relationships that constitute kinship in a particular culture, including the terminology that is used and the reciprocal obligations that are entailed)
S: (n) lattice (an arrangement of points or particles or objects in a regular periodic pattern in 2 or 3 dimensions)
S: (n) ontology ((computer science) a rigorous and exhaustive organization of some knowledge domain that is usually hierarchical and contains all the relevant entities and their relations)
S: (n) calendar (a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year)
S: (n) Jewish calendar, Hebrew calendar ((Judaism) the calendar used by the Jews; dates from 3761 BC (the assumed date of the Creation of the world); a lunar year of 354 days is adjusted to the solar year by periodic leap years)
S: (n) Hindu calendar (the lunisolar calendar governing the religious life of Hindus; an extra month is inserted after every month in which there are two new moons (once every three years))
S: (n) Gregorian calendar, New Style calendar (the solar calendar now in general use, introduced by Gregory XIII in 1582 to correct an error in the Julian calendar by suppressing 10 days, making Oct 5 be called Oct 15, and providing that only centenary years divisible by 400 should be leap years; it was adopted by Great Britain and the American colonies in 1752)
S: (n) Julian calendar, Old Style calendar (the solar calendar introduced in Rome in 46 b.c. by Julius Caesar and slightly modified by Augustus, establishing the 12-month year of 365 days with each 4th year having 366 days and the months having 31 or 30 days except for February)
S: (n) Revolutionary calendar (the calendar adopted by the first French Republic in 1793 and abandoned in 1805; dates were calculated from Sept. 22, 1792)
S: (n) administration, governance, governing body, establishment, brass, organization, organisation (the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something) "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"
S: (n) organization, organisation (the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business) "he was brought in to supervise the organization of a new department"
S: (n) organization, organisation, system (an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized) "his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality"; "we can't do it unless we establish some system around here"
S: (n) organization, organisation (the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically) "his organization of the work force was very efficient"
S: (n) constitution, establishment, formation, organization, organisation (the act of forming or establishing something) "the constitution of a PTA group last year"; "it was the establishment of his reputation"; "he still remembers the organization of the club"