English to English adjective
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involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis | | Example: limnology is essentially a synthetic science composed of elements...that extend well beyond the limits of biology
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systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words | | source: wordnet30
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of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts | | Example: `all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition
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Of or pertaining to synthesis; consisting in synthesis or composition; as, the synthetic method of reasoning, as opposed to analytical. | | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially | | Example: man-made fibers synthetic leather
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artificial as if portrayed in a film | | Example: a novel with flat celluloid characters
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not genuine or natural | | Example: counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic
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a compound made artificially by chemical reactions | | source: wordnet30
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