Lexic.us

Definition of Synthetic

1. Adjective. Not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially. "Synthetic leather"

2. Noun. A compound made artificially by chemical reactions.

3. Adjective. 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"

4. Adjective. Systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words.

5. Adjective. Of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts. "`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition"

6. Adjective. Artificial as if portrayed in a film. "A novel with flat celluloid characters"

7. Adjective. Not genuine or natural. "Counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic"

Definition of Synthetic

1. a. Of or pertaining to synthesis; consisting in synthesis or composition; as, the synthetic method of reasoning, as opposed to analytical.

Definition of Synthetic

1. Adjective. Of, or relating to synthesis. ¹

2. Adjective. (chemistry) Produced by synthesis instead of being isolated from a natural source (but may be identical to a product so obtained). ¹

3. Adjective. Artificial, not genuine. ¹

4. Adjective. (grammar) Pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word. Compare analytic. ¹

5. Noun. A synthetic compound. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Synthetic

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Synthetic

synthesism synthesisms synthesist synthesists synthesizable synthesize synthesized synthesizer synthesizers synthesizes

synthesizing synthespian synthespians synthetase synthetases synthetic (current term) synthetic-biology synthetic air synthetic biology synthetic cubism

synthetic fiber synthetic heroin synthetic lethality synthetic paper synthetic papers synthetic phonics synthetic resin synthetic rubber synthetic thinking synthetical

Literary usage of Synthetic

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"At the same time he contends that the synthetic judgments of the ... Therefore he proposes to introduce a third class, namely, synthetic a priori judgments, ..."

2. The Teaching of Mathematics in the Elementary and the Secondary School by Jacob William Albert Young (1906)
"The analytic method is the method of the mathematical worker, the synthetic method is that in which he usually presents his results. ..."

3. The Ruling Principle of Method Applied to Education by Antonio Rosmini (1889)
"Cognitions of .the third order are always readied through synthetic judgments: law by whk-h synthetic and analytic judgments constantly succeed each other ..."

4. Ruling Principle of Method Applied to Education by Antonio Rosmini (1887)
"—Cognitions of the third order are always reached through synthetic judgments: law by which synthetic and analytic judgments constantly succeed each other ..."

5. Schooling of the Immigrant by Frank Victor Thompson (1920)
"so obtained to build other language forms is called analytic-synthetic. FALLACY OF synthetic METHODS All synthetic methods of teaching English are based on ..."

6. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"At the same time he contends that the synthetic judgments of the ... Therefore he proposes to introduce a third class, namely, synthetic a priori judgments, ..."

7. The Teaching of Mathematics in the Elementary and the Secondary School by Jacob William Albert Young (1906)
"The analytic method is the method of the mathematical worker, the synthetic method is that in which he usually presents his results. ..."

8. The Ruling Principle of Method Applied to Education by Antonio Rosmini (1889)
"Cognitions of .the third order are always readied through synthetic judgments: law by whk-h synthetic and analytic judgments constantly succeed each other ..."

9. Ruling Principle of Method Applied to Education by Antonio Rosmini (1887)
"—Cognitions of the third order are always reached through synthetic judgments: law by which synthetic and analytic judgments constantly succeed each other ..."

10. Schooling of the Immigrant by Frank Victor Thompson (1920)
"so obtained to build other language forms is called analytic-synthetic. FALLACY OF synthetic METHODS All synthetic methods of teaching English are based on ..."

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