单词 | synthesis |
释义 | synthesis n. (pl. syntheses)   1. the process or result of building up separate elements, esp. ideas, into a connected whole, esp. into a theory or system.   2. a combination or composition.   3. Chem. the artificial production of compounds from their constituents as distinct from extraction from plants etc.   4. Gram. a the process of making compound and derivative words. b the tendency in a language to use inflected forms rather than groups of words, prepositions, etc.   5. the joining of divided parts in surgery. Derivatives synthesist n. Etymology: L f. Gk sunthesis (as SYN-, THESIS) |
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