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Audio Help [sin-thuh-sis] Pronunciation Key
Audio Help [-seez] Pronunciation Key. | 1. | the combining of the constituent elements of separate material or abstract entities into a single or unified entity (opposed to analysis). |
| 2. | a complex whole formed by combining. |
| 3. | Chemistry. the forming or building of a more complex substance or compound from elements or simpler compounds. |
| 4. | Philosophy. See under Hegelian dialectic. |
| 5. | Biology. modern synthesis. |
| 6. | Psychology, Psychiatry. the integration of traits, attitudes, and impulses to create a total personality. |
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| an interpretive method, originally used to relate specific entities or events to the absolute idea, in which some assertible proposition (thesis) is necessarily opposed by an equally assertible and apparently contradictory proposition (antithesis), the mutual contradiction being reconciled on a higher level of truth by a third proposition (synthesis). |
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| syn·the·sis
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n. pl. syn·the·ses (-sēz')
[Latin, collection, from Greek sunthesis, from suntithenai, to put together : sun-, syn- + tithenai, to put; see dhē- in Indo-European roots.] syn'the·sist n. |
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synthesis
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| synthesis | |
noun | |
| 1. | the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds) |
| 2. | the combination of ideas into a complex whole [ant: analysis] |
| 3. | reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) [syn: deduction] |
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synthesis [ˈsinθəsis] noun — plural ˈsyntheses [-siːz]
Example: Plastic is produced by synthesis; His recent book is a synthesis of several of his earlier ideas.
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| synthesis
Audio Help (sĭn'thĭ-sĭs) Pronunciation Key
Plural syntheses (sĭn'thĭ-sēz') The formation of a chemical compound through the combination of simpler compounds or elements. synthesize verb |
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- The combining of separate elements or substances to form a coherent whole.
- Formation of a chemical compound from simpler compounds or elements.
- A period in the cell cycle.
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Main Entry: syn·the·sis
Pronunciation: 'sin(t)-th&-s&s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural syn·the·ses
/-"sEz/
1 : the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole
2 : the production of a substance by the union of chemical
elements, groups, or simpler compounds or by the degradation of a complex compound <protein synthesis>
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synthesis programming, specification
The process of deriving (efficient) programs from (clear) specifications.
See also program transformation.
(1996-08-23)
| The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe |
synthesis
A*nal"y*sis\, n.; pl. Analyses. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to unloose, to dissolve, to resolve into its elements; ? up + ? to loose. See Loose.]1. A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the component parts of a subject, each separately, as the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune, or the simple propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to synthesis. 2. (Chem.) The separation of a compound substance, by chemical processes, into its constituents, with a view to ascertain either (a) what elements it contains, or (b) how much of each element is present. The former is called qualitative, and the latter quantitative analysis. 3. (Logic) The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles. 4. (Math.) The resolving of problems by reducing the conditions that are in them to equations. 5. (a) A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order. (b) A brief, methodical illustration of the principles of a science. In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis. 6. (Nat. Hist.) The process of ascertaining the name of a species, or its place in a system of classification, by means of an analytical table or key. Ultimate, Proximate, Qualitative, Quantitative, and Volumetric analysis. (Chem.) See under Ultimate, Proximate, Qualitative, etc.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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