SYNTHETIC
\sɪnθˈɛtɪk], \sɪnθˈɛtɪk], \s_ɪ_n_θ_ˈɛ_t_ɪ_k]\
Definitions of SYNTHETIC
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
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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"- P.S.Welch
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not genuine or natural; "counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic"- George Will
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systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words
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not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially; "man-made fibers"; "synthetic leather"
By Princeton University
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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"- P.S.Welch
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not genuine or natural; "counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic"- George Will
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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