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syn·thet·ic    Audio Help   [sin-thet-ik] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
2.noting or pertaining to compounds formed through a chemical process by human agency, as opposed to those of natural origin: synthetic vitamins; synthetic fiber.
3.(of a language) characterized by a relatively widespread use of affixes, rather than separate words, to express syntactic relationships: Latin is a synthetic language, while English is analytic. Compare analytic (def. 3), polysynthetic (def. 1).
4.Also, syn·thet·i·cal. Logic. of or pertaining to a noncontradictory proposition in which the predicate is not included in, or entailed by, the subject.
5.not real or genuine; artificial; feigned: a synthetic chuckle at a poor joke.
6.Jewelry.
a.noting a gem mineral manufactured so as to be physically, chemically, and optically identical with the mineral as found in nature.
b.(not in technical use) noting a gem mineral manufactured and pigmented in imitation of a natural gemstone of that name.
–noun
7.something made by a synthetic, or chemical, process.
8.synthetics.
a.substances or products made by chemical synthesis, as plastics or artificial fibers.
b.the science or industry concerned with such products.

[Origin: 1690–1700; < NL syntheticus < Gk synthetikós, equiv. to synthet(ós) placed together, verbid of syntithénai to put together (syn- syn- + the-, s. of tithénai to put, place + -tos verbid suffix) + -ikos -ic]

syn·thet·i·cal·ly, adverb

5. fake, phony, counterfeit, sham.
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syn·thet·ic    Audio Help   (sĭn-thět'ĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Relating to, involving, or of the nature of synthesis.
  2. Chemistry Produced by synthesis, especially not of natural origin.
    1. Not natural or genuine; artificial or contrived: "counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic" (George F. Will).
    2. Prepared or made artificially: synthetic leather. See Synonyms at artificial.
  3. Linguistics Relating to or being a language, such as Latin or Russian, that uses inflectional affixes to express syntactic relationships.
  4. Logic & Philosophy Relating to or being a proposition that attributes to a subject a predicate not inherent in the subject and that does not result in a contradiction if negated.

n.   A synthetic chemical compound or material.


[Greek sunthetikos, skilled in putting together, component, from sunthetos, combined, from suntithenai, to put together; see synthesis.]

syn·thet'i·cal·ly adv.
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synthetic

adjective
1. not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially; "man-made fibers"; "synthetic leather" [syn: man-made
2. 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 [ant: analytic
3. systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words [ant: analytic
4. of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts; "'all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition" [ant: analytic
5. artificial as if portrayed in a film; "a novel with flat celluloid characters" [syn: celluloid
6. not genuine or natural; "counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic"- George Will 

noun
1. a compound made artificially by chemical reactions 

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Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
synthetic [sinˈθetik] noun, adjective
(a substance) produced artificially by a chemical process
Example: nylon and other synthetic materials / synthetics
Arabic: تَرْكيبي، إصْطِناعي
Chinese (Simplified): 合成的
Chinese (Traditional): 合成的
Czech: syntetický
Danish: syntetisk
Dutch: synthetisch
Estonian: sünteetiline
Finnish: synteettinen
French: synthétique
German: der Kunststoff, synthetisch
Greek: συνθετικός
Hungarian: szintetikus
Icelandic: tilbúinn, gervi-
Indonesian: sintetis
Italian: sintetico
Japanese: 合成品
Korean: 합성의, 인조의; 합성물
Latvian: sintētisks
Lithuanian: sintetinis
Norwegian: syntetisk
Polish: syntetyczny
Portuguese (Brazil): sintético
Portuguese (Portugal): sintético
Romanian: substanţă, *material sintetic; sintetic
Russian: синтетика
Slovak: syntetický
Slovenian: umeten; sintetičen
Spanish: sintético
Swedish: syntetisk
Turkish: sentetik, yapay
See also: synthesize, synthesise, synthesis

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synthetic    Audio Help   (sĭn-thět'ĭk)  Pronunciation Key 
Produced artificially, especially in a laboratory or other man-made environment. Nylon is a synthetic chemical compound.

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An`a*lyt"ic\, Analytical \An`a*lyt"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?: cf. F. analytique. See Analysis.] Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; analytic reasoning; -- opposed to synthetic.

Analytical or co["o]rdinate geometry. See under Geometry.

Analytic language, a noninflectional language or one not characterized by grammatical endings.

Analytical table (Nat. Hist.), a table in which the characteristics of the species or other groups are arranged so as to facilitate the determination of their names.
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