Synthesis

['sɪnθɪsɪs] or ['sɪnθəsɪs]

Definition

(noun.) the combination of ideas into a complex whole.

(noun.) the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds).

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Definition

(n.) Composition, or the putting of two or more things together, as in compounding medicines.

(n.) 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.

(n.) 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.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Combination (of elements), composition, putting together.

Typist: Psyche

Definition

n. a term applied to the building up of compound substances from the elements they contain or from other compounds usually of less complexity than themselves: 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 opposed 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. Syn′theses (-sēz).—v.t. Syn′thesīse to unite by synthesis.—ns. Syn′thesist Syn′thetist one who synthetises.—adjs. Synthet′ic -al pertaining to synthesis: consisting in synthesis or composition.—adv. Synthet′ically.—n. Synthet′icism the principles of synthesis a synthetic system.—v.t. Syn′thetise.—Synthetic philosophy the system of Herbert Spencer so called by himself because conceived as a fusion of the different sciences into a whole.

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