SYNTHESIS
\sˈɪnθəsˌɪs], \sˈɪnθəsˌɪs], \s_ˈɪ_n_θ_ə_s_ˌɪ_s]\
Definitions of SYNTHESIS
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Composition, or the putting of two or more things together, as in compounding medicines.
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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.
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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.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A putting together, a making a whole out of parts: the combination of separate elements of thought into a whole, or reasoning from principles previously established to a conclusion, as opp. to analysis: (gram.) the uniting of ideas into a sentence: (med.) the reunion of parts that have been divided: (chem.) the uniting of elements to form a compound:-pl. SYNTHESES.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The building up of a single complex substance out of two or more simple substances. The primal body has the property of s. The classical example is the formation of hippuric acid in rabbits after the ingestion of benzoic acid and glycocoll. [Gr.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Greek] Composition, or the putting of two or more things together ;- in chemistry, the uniting of elements to form a compound;-in logic, a combination of facts, principles, ideas, hypothetical assumptions, &c., so as to form a system ;-a mode of treating scientific subjects by beginning with the elements of thoughts, first principles, whether known, or assumed, and propositions either proved or supposed demonstrable, and adding or combining so as to construct a complete theory or complete logical system.
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