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 Definitions of synthesis  [ˌsiz]  

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Definition of 'synthesis' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

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)

Definition of 'synthesis' Princeton's WordNet 

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)


Definition of 'synthesis' Webster Dictionary 

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


Definition of 'synthesis' Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms 

1.  synthesis
In intelligence usage, the examining and combining of processed information with other information and intelligence for final interpretation.


Translation of 'synthesis' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

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.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: sintese, samevatting, sam Arabic flag Arabic: تَرْكيب، تَوْليف Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: синтез
Brazilian flag Brazilian: síntese Czech flag Czech: syntéza German flag German: die Synthese
Danish flag Danish: syntese; forening; sammen Greek flag Greek: σύνθεση Spanish flag Spanish: síntesis
Estonian flag Estonian: süntees Farsi flag Farsi: تركيب موضوع Finnish flag Finnish: synteesi
French flag French: synthèse Hebrew flag Hebrew: סִינתֶזָה Hindi flag Hindi: संश्लेषण
Croatian flag Croatian: sinteza, sastavljanje Hungarian flag Hungarian: szintetikus eljárás; szin Indonesian flag Indonesian: sintesis
Icelandic flag Icelandic: sambland, samruni; efnasm Italian flag Italian: sintesi Japanese flag Japanese: 合成
Korean flag Korean: 합성 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: sintezė Latvian flag Latvian: sintēze
Malay flag Malay: sintesis Dutch flag Dutch: synthese Norwegian flag Norwegian: syntese
Polish flag Polish: synteza Persian flag Persian: تركيب موضوع Pashto flag Pashto: د موضوع ترکیب
Portuguese flag Portuguese: síntese Romanian flag Romanian: sinteză Russian flag Russian: синтез
Slovak flag Slovak: syntéza, zlúčenie Slovenian flag Slovenian: sinteza Serbian flag Serbian: sinteza
Swedish flag Swedish: syntes Thai flag Thai: การสังเคราะห์ Turkish flag Turkish: sentez, bireşim
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 合成(物),綜合 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: синтез Urdu flag Urdu: کءی اشیا کی آمیزش
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: sự tổng hợp Chinese flag Chinese: 合成(物),综合

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