noun
- large, complex systems that encompass or control multiple smaller systems or subsystems
Usage: technical; systems theory
Examples
- The company’s supersystems integrate all departmental databases into one network.
- Urban supersystems coordinate traffic, utilities, and emergency services across the city.
- Biological supersystems like ecosystems contain many interconnected subsystems.
- The military developed supersystems to manage communications across all branches.
- Computer supersystems can process data from thousands of individual components.
- Economic supersystems link local markets with global financial networks.