A system is a general set of parts, steps, or components that are connected to form a more complex whole. For example, a computer system contains processors, memory, electrical pathways, a power supply, etc. For a very different example, a business is a system made up of methods, procedures, and routines.
LINK / CITE ADD TO WORD LIST. adjective. The definition of decisive is having the ability to make decisions or something that determines what comes next. 1  An example of decisive is a person who always makes up her mind firmly and quickly.
It also notes the absence of. guidance on how to identify decisive terrain, the. variances in the definitions of decisive terrain, and. the general lack of attention paid to the subject of. decisive terrain. The focus on key terrain by the Russians, British, Germans, and Chinese armies is analyzed in the third. section.