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synthetic |
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]: synthetic adj 1: (chemistry) not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially; "man-made fibers"; "synthetic leather" [syn: {man-made}, {semisynthetic}] 2: 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: {synthetical}] [ant: {analytic}] 3: (linguistics) systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words [ant: {analytic}] 4: (logic) of a proposition; having a truth value determined by observation or facts, as "all men are arrogant" [syn: {synthetical}] [ant: {analytic}] 5: artificial as if portrayed in a film; "a novel with flat celluloid characters" [syn: {celluloid}] 6: not genuine or natural; "counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic"- George Will n : a compound made artificially by chemical reactions
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