synthesis
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plural
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the combining of the constituent elements of separate material or abstract entities into a single or unified entity (analysis ).
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a complex whole formed by combining.
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Chemistry. the forming or building of a more complex substance or compound from elements or simpler compounds.
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Philosophy. the third stage of argument in Hegelian dialectic, which reconciles the mutually contradictory first two propositions, thesis and antithesis.
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Biology. modern synthesis, a consolidation of the results of various lines of investigation from the 1920s through the 1950s that supported and reconciled the Darwinian theory of evolution and the Mendelian laws of inheritance in terms of natural selection acting on genetic variation.
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Psychology, Psychiatry. the integration of traits, attitudes, and impulses to create a total personality.
noun
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the process of combining objects or ideas into a complex whole Compare analysis
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the combination or whole produced by such a process
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the process of producing a compound by a chemical reaction or series of reactions, usually from simpler or commonly available starting materials
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linguistics the use of inflections rather than word order and function words to express the syntactic relations in a language Compare analysis
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archaic philosophy synthetic reasoning
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philosophy
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(in the writings of Kant) the unification of one concept with another not contained in it Compare analysis
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the final stage in the Hegelian dialectic, that resolves the contradiction between thesis and antithesis
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plural
synthesesOther Word Forms
- nonsynthesis noun
- resynthesis noun
- synthesist noun
Etymology
Origin of synthesis
First recorded in 1580–90; from Latin, from Greek sýnthesis, from syn- syn- + the- (stem of tithénai “to put, place”) + -sis -sis
Example Sentences
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In organic synthesis, metal based photocatalysts are especially valuable because they are durable and can be customized.
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Cabbage is rich in Vitamin C and folate, “which is important for DNA synthesis, for your cells to reproduce themselves,” Beitchman explains.
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For depression, the umbrella synthesis incorporated 57 pooled data analyses covering 800 individual studies and 57,930 participants between the ages of 10 and 90.
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To address these limitations, the team designed what they call a fluorescent monomer controlled synthesis strategy.
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For many years, the leading explanation for how glycine formed was a process known as Strecker synthesis.
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