English to English
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.
source: WordNet 3.0
- systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words
source: WordNet 3.0
- of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts
`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition.
source: WordNet 3.0
- Of or pertaining to synthesis; consisting in synthesis or composition; as, the synthetic method of reasoning, as opposed to analytical.
source: Webster 1913
noun
- a compound made artificially by chemical reactions
source: WordNet 3.0
adjective satellite
- not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially
Man-made fibers.
Synthetic leather.
source: WordNet 3.0
- artificial as if portrayed in a film
A novel with flat celluloid characters.
source: WordNet 3.0
- not genuine or natural
Counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic.
source: WordNet 3.0
