SUPERSYSTEM

The larger system that contains the system of interest within a subset of its variables. It provides the context of a system. System and supersystem as well as subsystem and system are related by a part-whole relation. A supersystem must not be confused with a metasystem which is about a system, represents or refers to or operates on a logical level (see theory of logical types, ordinality) higher than the latter. (Krippendorff)

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