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θə noun, plural syn·the·ses [sin-thuh-seez] .
[sin-thuh-seez] . 1.
the combining of the constituent elements of separate material or abstract entities into a single or unified entity ( opposed to analysis, ) the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements.
2.
a complex whole formed by combining.
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Chemistry. the forming or building of a more complex substance or compound from elements or simpler compounds.
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Philosophy. the third stage of argument in Hegelian dialectic, which reconciles the mutually contradictory first two propositions, thesis and antithesis.
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Biology, modern synthesis, a consolidation of the results of various lines of investigation from the 1920s through the 1950s that supported and reconciled the Darwinian theory of evolution and the Mendelian laws of inheritance in terms of natural selection acting on genetic variation.
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| an enzyme with its cofactor. |
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Hegelian dialectic
noun
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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Hegelian dialectic (hɪˈɡeɪlɪan, heɪˈɡiː-) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| philosophy an interpretive method in which the contradiction between a proposition (thesis) and its antithesis is resolved at a higher level of truth (synthesis) | |
| synthesis (ˈsɪnθɪsɪs) | |
| —n , pl -ses | |
| 1. | Compare analysis the process of combining objects or ideas into a complex whole |
| 2. | the combination or whole produced by such a process |
| 3. | the process of producing a compound by a chemical reaction or series of reactions, usually from simpler or commonly available starting materials |
| 4. | linguistics Compare analysis the use of inflections rather than word order and function words to express the syntactic relations in a language |
| 5. | archaic philosophy synthetic reasoning |
| 6. | philosophy |
| a. Compare analysis (in the writings of Kant) the unification of one concept with another not contained in it | |
| b. the final stage in the Hegelian dialectic, that resolves the contradiction between thesis and antithesis | |
| [C17: via Latin from Greek sunthesis, from suntithenai to put together, from | |
| 'synthesist | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
synthesis
1610s, from L. synthesis "collection, set, composition (of a medication)," from Gk. synthesis "composition," from syntithenai "put together, combine," from syn- "together" + tithenai "put, place," from PIE base *dhe- "to put, to do" (see factitious). Synthesizer "electronic
musical instrument" is attested from 1909.
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Medical Dictionary
synthesis syn·the·sis (sĭn'thĭ-sĭs)
n. pl. syn·the·ses (-sēz')
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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Science Dictionary
| synthesis (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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synthesis definition
programming, specificationThe process of deriving (efficient) programs from (clear) specifications.
See also program transformation.
(1996-08-23)
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synthesis
in philosophy, the combination of parts, or elements, in order to form a more complete view or system. The coherent whole that results is considered to show the truth more completely than would a mere collection of parts. The term synthesis also refers, in the dialectical philosophy of the 19th-century German philosopher G.W.F. Hegel, to the higher stage of truth that combines the truth of a thesis and an antithesis. Jean-Paul Sartre's philosophy underscores an existential type of synthesis. In Being and Nothingness, consciousness (pour-soi) is always trying to become being (en-soi), to achieve a synthesis, as it were, between no-thing and some-thing.
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Example sentences
The synthesis of an small amount of antimatter opens the way to a new, high density energy storage procedure.
The company also collaborated with other researchers to develop processes to automate the synthesis of radiotracers.
If that synthesis is accomplished, it is likely that the uncertainty principle would make it impossible for singularities to form.
We count papers, compute rankings and indices, and seem not to care one whit about synthesis or overview.
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