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Webster 1913 Edition

Synthesis

Syn′the-sis

,
Noun.
;
pl.
Syntheses
(#)
.
[L., a mixture, properly, a putting together, Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to place or put together;
σύν
with + [GREEK] to place. See
Thesis
.]
1.
Composition, or the putting of two or more things together, as in compounding medicines.
2.
(Chem.)
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.
3.
(Logic)
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
.
Analysis and
synthesis
, though commonly treated as two different methods, are, if properly understood, only the two necessary parts of the same method. Each is the relative and correlative of the other.
Sir W. Hamilton.

Webster 1828 Edition

Synthesis

SYN'THESIS

,
Noun.
[Gr. to put or set.]
1.
Composition, or the putting of two or more things together, as in compound medicines.
2.
In logic, composition, or that process of reasoning in which we advance by a regular chain from principles before established or assumed, and propositions already proved, till we arrive at the conclusion. Synthesis is the opposite of analysis or resolution.
3.
In surgery, the operation by which divided parts are reunited.
4.
In chimistry, the uniting of elements into a compound; the opposite of analysis, which is the separation of a compound into its constituent parts. That water is composed of oxygen and hydrogen, is proved both by analysis and synthesis.

Definition 2024

Synthesis

Synthesis

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German

Noun

Synthesis f ‎(genitive Synthesis, plural Synthesen)

  1. Synonym of Synthese

synthesis

synthesis

See also: Synthesis

English

Noun

synthesis ‎(plural syntheses)

  1. The formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things.
  2. (chemistry) The reaction of elements or compounds to form more complex compounds.
  3. (logic) A deduction from the general to the particular.
  4. (philosophy) The combination of thesis and antithesis.
  5. (military) In intelligence usage, the examining and combining of processed information with other information and intelligence for final interpretation.
  6. (rhetoric) An apt arrangement of elements of a text, especially for euphony.

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External links

  • synthesis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • synthesis in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek σύνθεσις ‎(súnthesis, “a putting together; composition”), from συντίθημι ‎(suntíthēmi, “put together, combine”), from σύν ‎(sún, “together”) + τίθημι ‎(títhēmi, “set, place”).

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈsyn.tʰe.sis/, [ˈsʏn.tʰɛ.sɪs]

Noun

synthesis f ‎(genitive synthesis); third declension

  1. mixture, compound (medicine)
  2. suit (of clothes); costume
  3. dinner service

Inflection

Third declension, alternative accusative singular in -im, alternative ablative singular in -ī and accusative plural in -īs.

Case Singular Plural
nominative synthesis synthesēs
genitive synthesis synthesium
dative synthesī synthesibus
accusative synthesem
synthesim 		synthesēs
synthesīs
ablative synthese
synthesī 		synthesibus
vocative synthesis synthesēs

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Etymology

From Latin synthesis, from Ancient Greek σύνθεσις ‎(súnthesis, “a putting together; composition”), from συντίθημι ‎(suntíthēmi, “put together, combine”), from σύν ‎(sún, “together”) + τίθημι ‎(títhēmi, “set, place”).

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