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1. (n.) synthesis
the combining of the constituent elements of separate material or abstract entities into a single or unified entity
2. synthesis
a complex whole formed by combining.
3. synthesis
the forming or building of a more complex chemical substance or compound from elements or simpler compounds.
Etymology: (1580–90; < L < Gk sýnthesis=syn(ti)thé(nai) to put together, construct (syn-syn - +tithénai to put) +-sis -sis)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) synthesis
the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds)
2. (noun) synthesis, synthetic thinking
the combination of ideas into a complex whole
3. (noun) deduction, deductive reasoning, synthesis
reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) synthesis
composition, or the putting of two or more things together, as in compounding medicines
2. (noun) synthesis
the art or process of making a compound by putting the ingredients together, as contrasted with analysis; thus, water is made by synthesis from hydrogen and oxygen; hence, specifically, the building up of complex compounds by special reactions, whereby their component radicals are so grouped that the resulting substances are identical in every respect with the natural articles when such occur; thus, artificial alcohol, urea, indigo blue, alizarin, etc., are made by synthesis
3. (noun) synthesis
the combination of separate elements of thought into a whole, as of simple into complex conceptions, species into genera, individual propositions into systems; -- the opposite of analysis
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Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms |
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1. synthesis
In intelligence usage, the examining and combining of processed information with other information and intelligence for final interpretation.
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Sense: (something produced through) the process of combining separate parts, eg chemical elements or substances, into a whole
Plastic is produced by synthesis; His recent book is a synthesis of several of his earlier ideas.
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 Afrikaans: sintese, samevatting, sam |
 Arabic: تَرْكيب، تَوْليف |
 Bulgarian: синтез |
 Brazilian: síntese |
 Czech: syntéza |
 German: die Synthese |
 Danish: syntese; forening; sammen |
 Greek: σύνθεση |
 Spanish: síntesis |
 Estonian: süntees |
 Farsi: تركيب موضوع |
 Finnish: synteesi |
 French: synthèse |
 Hebrew: סִינתֶזָה |
 Hindi: संश्लेषण |
 Croatian: sinteza, sastavljanje |
 Hungarian: szintetikus eljárás; szin |
 Indonesian: sintesis |
 Icelandic: sambland, samruni; efnasm |
 Italian: sintesi |
 Japanese: 合成 |
 Korean: 합성 |
 Lithuanian: sintezė |
 Latvian: sintēze |
 Malay: sintesis |
 Dutch: synthese |
 Norwegian: syntese |
 Polish: synteza |
 Persian: تركيب موضوع |
 Pashto: د موضوع ترکیب |
 Portuguese: síntese |
 Romanian: sinteză |
 Russian: синтез |
 Slovak: syntéza, zlúčenie |
 Slovenian: sinteza |
 Serbian: sinteza |
 Swedish: syntes |
 Thai: การสังเคราะห์ |
 Turkish: sentez, bireşim |
 Taiwanese: 合成(物)，綜合 |
 Ukrainian: синтез |
 Urdu: کءی اشیا کی آمیزش |
 Vietnamese: sự tổng hợp |
 Chinese: 合成（物），综合 |
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