synthesis
See also: Synthesis
English
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”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɪnθəsɪs/
Noun
synthesis (countable and uncountable, plural syntheses)
- The formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things.
- (chemistry) The reaction of elements or compounds to form more complex compounds.
- (logic) A deduction from the general to the particular.
- (philosophy) The combination of thesis and antithesis.
- (military) In intelligence usage, the examining and combining of processed information with other information and intelligence for final interpretation.
- (rhetoric) An apt arrangement of elements of a text, especially for euphony.
- (grammar) The uniting of ideas into a sentence.
- (medicine) The reunion of parts that have been divided.
Antonyms
Derived terms
- Arndt-Eistert synthesis
- asymmetric synthesis
- autosynthesis
- Auwers synthesis
- baryosynthesis
- biosynthesis
- chemosynthesis
- cosynthesis
- electrosynthesis
- Fischer indole synthesis
- Friedländer synthesis
- Gabriel synthesis
- glycosynthesis
- hemisynthesis
- mechanosynthesis
- mutasynthesis
- narcosynthesis
- nucleosynthesis
- oligosynthesis
- one-pot synthesis
- osteosynthesis
- Paal-Knorr synthesis
- photoelectrosynthesis
- photosynthesis
- polysynthesis
- prebiotic organic synthesis
- psychosynthesis
- radiosynthesis
- resynthesis
- retrosynthesis
- semisynthesis
- stereospecific synthesis
- synthesis gas
- synthesis phase
- thermosynthesis
- total synthesis
- wave field synthesis
- Wenker synthesis
- Wöhler synthesis
Related terms
Translations
formation of something complex or coherent
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chemistry: reaction of elements or compounds
logic: deduction from the general to the particular
philosophy: combination of thesis and antithesis
military: in intelligence usage
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Further reading
- synthesis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- synthesis in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 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
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 |
Descendants
- French: synthèse
References
- synthesis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- synthesis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- synthesis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- synthesis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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