Meaning of synthetic
Definition of synthetic
(adj)
not of
natural
origin;
prepared
or
made
artificially; "man-made fibers"; "synthetic leather"
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
systematic
combining
of
root
and modifying
elements
into
single
words
of a
proposition
whose
truth
value
is
determined
by
observation
or facts; "`all men are arrogant' is a
synthetic
proposition"
artificial
as if
portrayed
in a film; "a
novel
with
flat
celluloid
characters"
not
genuine
or natural; "counterfeit
rhetoric
that flourishes when passions are synthetic"- George Will
(noun)
a
compound
made
artificially
by
chemical
reactions
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