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Webster 1913 Edition


Organization

Orˊgan-i-za′tion

(ôrˊgan-ī-zā′shŭn)
,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
organisation
.]
1.
The act of organizing; the act of arranging in a systematic way for use or action;
as, the
organization
of an army, or of a deliberative body
.
“The first organization of the general government.”
Pickering.
2.
The state of being organized.
3.
That which is organized; an organized existence; an organism
;
specif.
(Biol.)
,
an arrangement of parts for the performance of the functions necessary to life.
The cell may be regarded as the most simple, the most common, and the earliest form of
organization
.
McKendrick.
What is
organization
but the connection of parts in and for a whole, so that each part is, at once, end and means?
Coleridge.

Webster 1828 Edition


Organization

ORGANIZA'TION

, n.
1.
The act or process of forming organs or instruments of action.
2.
The act of forming or arranging the parts of a compound or complex body in a suitable manner for use or service; the act of distributing into suitable divisions and appointing the proper officers, as an army or a government.
The first organization of the general government.
3.
Structure; form; suitable disposition of parts which are to act together in a compound body.