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Traditional English :: synthesis
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synthetic.html - n. (pl. syntheses) 1 the process or result of building up separate elements, esp. ideas, into a connected whole, esp. into a theory or system. 2 a combination or composition. 3 Chem. the artificial production of compounds from their constituents as distinct from extraction from plants etc. 4 Gram. a the process of making compound and derivative words. b the tendency in a language to use inflected forms rather than groups of words, prepositions, etc. 5 the joining of divided parts in surgery. synthesist n. [L f. Gk sunthesis (as SYN-, THESIS)] |
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Traditional English :: synthesize
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synthetic.html - v.tr.
(also synthetize, -ise)
1 make a synthesis of.
2 combine into a coherent whole. |
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Traditional English :: synthesizer
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synthetic.html - n. an electronic musical instrument, esp. operated by a keyboard, producing a wide variety of sounds by generating and combining signals of different frequencies. |
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Traditional English :: synthetic
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synthetic.html - adj. & n. --adj. 1 made by chemical synthesis, esp. to imitate a natural product (synthetic rubber).
2 (of emotions etc.) affected, insincere.
3 Logic (of a proposition) having truth or falsity determinable by recourse to experience (cf. ANALYTIC 3).
4 Philol. using combinations of simple words or elements in compounded or complex words (cf. ANALYTICAL). --n. Chem. a synthetic substance. synthetical adj. synthetically adv. [F synth tique or mod.L syntheticus f. Gk sunthetikos f. sunthetos f. suntithemi (as SYN-, tithemi put)] |
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Traditional English :: synth
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synthetic.html - n.
colloq. = SYNTHESIZER. |
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Traditional English :: synthesis
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synthetic.html - n. (pl. syntheses) 1 the process or result of building up separate elements, esp. ideas, into a connected whole, esp. into a theory or system. 2 a combination or composition. 3 Chem. the artificial production of compounds from their constituents as distinct from extraction from plants etc. 4 Gram. a the process of making compound and derivative words. b the tendency in a language to use inflected forms rather than groups of words, prepositions, etc. 5 the joining of divided parts in surgery. synthesist n. [L f. Gk sunthesis (as SYN-, THESIS)] |
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