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1. (adj.) synthetic
of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis
2. synthetic
pertaining to or denoting compounds, materials, etc., formed through a chemical process by human agency, as opposed to those of natural origin:
synthetic fiber; synthetic drugs.
3. synthetic
not real or genuine; artificial; feigned:
a synthetic chuckle.
4. synthetic
(of a language) characterized by the use of affixes, rather than separate words, to express syntactic relationships, as Latin.
5. synthetic
Also, syn&syl;theti&syl;cal.Logic. of or pertaining to a noncontradictory proposition in which the predicate is not included in, or entailed by, the subject.
6. synthetic
noting a gem mineral manufactured so as to be physically, chemically, and optically identical with the mineral as found in nature.
7. (n.) synthetic
something made by a synthetic, or chemical, process.
Etymology: (1690–1700; < NL syntheticus < Gk synthetikós=synthet(ós) placed together, v. adj. of syntithénai to put together (see synthesis ) +-ikos -ic)
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1. (adj) synthetic, synthetic substance
a compound made artificially by chemical reactions
2. (adj) man-made, semisynthetic, synthetic
not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially
"man-made fibers"; "synthetic leather"
3. (adj) synthetic, synthetical
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
4. (adj) synthetic
systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words
5. (adj) synthetic, synthetical
of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts
"`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition"
6. (adj) celluloid, synthetic
artificial as if portrayed in a film
"a novel with flat celluloid characters"
7. (adj) synthetic
not genuine or natural
"counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic"- George Will
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1. (adjective) synthetic
made by humans, not from nature
synthetic fibers/rubber
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) synthetic
alt. of Synthetical
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Sense: (a substance) produced artificially by a chemical process
nylon and other synthetic materials / synthetics.
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 Afrikaans: sinteties |
 Arabic: تَرْكيبي، إصْطِناعي |
 Bulgarian: синтетичен |
 Brazilian: sintético |
 Czech: syntetický |
 German: der Kunststoff, synthetis |
 Danish: syntetisk |
 Greek: συνθετικός |
 Spanish: sintético |
 Estonian: sünteetiline |
 Farsi: تركيبي |
 Finnish: synteettinen |
 French: synthétique |
 Hebrew: סִינטֶתִי |
 Hindi: सांश्लेषिक, संश्लेषण, कृ |
 Croatian: sintetika; sintetičan, um |
 Hungarian: szintetikus |
 Indonesian: sintetis |
 Icelandic: tilbúinn, gervi- |
 Italian: sintetico |
 Japanese: 合成品[] |
 Korean: 합성, 합성의 |
 Lithuanian: sintetinis |
 Latvian: sintētisks |
 Malay: tiruan |
 Dutch: synthetisch |
 Norwegian: syntetisk |
 Polish: syntetyczny |
 Persian: تركيبي |
 Pashto: ترکیبی |
 Portuguese: sintético |
 Romanian: substanţă/material sintet |
 Russian: синтетика |
 Slovak: syntetický |
 Slovenian: umeten; sintetičen |
 Serbian: sintetičan |
 Swedish: syntetisk |
 Thai: สิ่งที่เกิดจากการสังเคราะ |
 Turkish: sentetik, yapay |
 Taiwanese: 合成的 |
 Ukrainian: синтетика; синтетичний |
 Urdu: کیمیاوی ترکیب سے بنا ہوا |
 Vietnamese: thuộc phương pháp tổng hợ |
 Chinese: 合成的 |
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