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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024syn•thet•ic /sɪnˈθɛtɪk/USA pronunciation adj. - of or relating to synthesis (opposed to analytic).
- of or relating to compounds, materials, etc., formed through a chemical process by human agency, as opposed to those of natural origin:synthetic drugs.
- not real or genuine;
artificial;
false or pretended:a synthetic chuckle.
n. [countable] - Chemistrysomething made by a synthetic, or chemical, process.
syn•thet•i•cal•ly, adv. See -thes-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024syn•thet•ic (sin thet′ik),USA pronunciation adj. - of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
- noting or pertaining to compounds formed through a chemical process by human agency, as opposed to those of natural origin:synthetic vitamins; synthetic fiber.
- Linguistics(of a language) characterized by a relatively widespread use of affixes, rather than separate words, to express syntactic relationships:Latin is a synthetic language, while English is analytic.Cf. analytic (def. 3), polysynthetic (def. 1).
- PhilosophyAlso, syn•thet′i•cal. [Logic.]of or pertaining to a noncontradictory proposition in which the predicate is not included in, or entailed by, the subject.
- not real or genuine;
artificial;
feigned:a synthetic chuckle at a poor joke. - Jewelry
- noting a gem mineral manufactured so as to be physically, chemically, and optically identical with the mineral as found in nature.
- (not in technical use) noting a gem mineral manufactured and pigmented in imitation of a natural gemstone of that name.
n. - Chemistrysomething made by a synthetic, or chemical, process.
- Chemistry synthetics.
- substances or products made by chemical synthesis, as plastics or artificial fibers.
- the science or industry concerned with such products.
- Greek synthetikós, equivalent. to synthet(ós) placed together, verbid of syntithénai to put together (syn- syn- + the-, stem of tithénai to put, place + -tos verbid suffix) + -ikos -ic
- Neo-Latin syntheticus
- 1690–1700
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged fake, phony, counterfeit, sham.
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