The phrase "an explanation of the system" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to describe or clarify how a particular system works.
Example: "The manual provides an explanation of the system to help users understand its functionalities."
Alternatives: "a description of the system" or "a clarification of the system."
Write an explanation of the system for your classmates, and then create a worksheet of math problems to solve using the ancient symbols.
This paper presents an explanation of the system dynamics method.
The GF Plus rating for wood density is derived directly from breeding values (an explanation of the system can be found at http://rpbc.co.nz).
Before receiving an explanation of the system and that fingerprints and stored data are confidential, 44%% of women felt uncomfortable with the system, indicating the need for in-field recruiters to carefully explain what the system is used for and that it is confidential.
Even an explanation of the scoring system and some context would have helped.
Remains only to a) put out an all-boffins call for an explanation of the rankings system and b) ponder how to play myself out.
The third chapter, entitled "The Coven: Perfect Love, Perfect Trust", provides an explanation of the coven system within Wicca, and the ways in which friendships are built and collapse amongst coven members, and the extent to which covens imitate family structures.
The degree of occipital ossification was scored for wild type (n = 29) and t19/+ hemizygotes (n = 35) at two developmental stages and is shown, along with an explanation of the scoring system, in Fig. 3G.
Shida was a Kammi woman (see below for an explanation of the caste system) who had received no antenatal care and planned on delivering at home.
The hamster products were not sequenced, but based upon subject rankings derived from the experience with the canine products, 510 (46.9%) resulted in amplifications with a subjective ranking of 2, 3, or 4 that were judged to be likely to contain the correct product (see Fig. 1 for an explanation of the ranking system and Table S1 [Additional file 1] for individual rankings).
A Dictionary of Measures, Units and Conversions (//www.ex.ac.uk/cimt/dictunit/dictunit.htm) provides an explanation of the principle systems of units, their history, standards, and conversion factors for changing from one to the other.
