2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Synthetic  \Syn*thet"ic\,  Synthetical  \Syn*thet"ic*al\,  a.  [Gr. 
  ?:  cf  F.  synth['e]tique.] 
  1.  Of  or  pertaining  to  synthesis;  consisting  in  synthesis  or 
  composition;  as  the  synthetic  method  of  reasoning,  as 
  opposed  to  analytical. 
 
  Philosophers  hasten  too  much  from  the  analytic  to 
  the  synthetic  method;  that  is  they  draw  general 
  conclusions  from  too  small  a  number  of  particular 
  observations  and  experiments.  --Bolingbroke. 
 
  2.  (Chem.)  Artificial.  Cf  {Synthesis},  2. 
 
  3.  (Zo["o]l.)  Comprising  within  itself  structural  or  other 
  characters  which  are  usually  found  only  in  two  or  more 
  diverse  groups;  --  said  of  species,  genera,  and  higher 
  groups.  See  the  Note  under  {Comprehensive},  3. 
 
  {Synthetic},  or  {Synthetical  language},  an  inflectional 
  language,  or  one  characterized  by  grammatical  endings;  -- 
  opposed  to  {analytic  language}.  --R.  Morris. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  synthetical 
  adj  1:  involving  or  of  the  nature  of  synthesis  (combining  separate 
  elements  to  form  a  coherent  whole)  as  opposed  to 
  analysis;  "limnology  is  essentially  a  synthetic 
  science  composed  of  elements...that  extend  well  beyond 
  the  limits  of  biology"-  P.S.Welch  [syn:  {synthetic}] 
  [ant:  {analytic}] 
  2:  (logic)  of  a  proposition;  having  a  truth  value  determined  by 
  observation  or  facts,  as  "all  men  are  arrogant"  [syn:  {synthetic}] 
  [ant:  {analytic}] 

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