Synthesis Definition

sĭnthĭ-sĭs
syntheses
noun
syntheses
The putting together of parts or elements so as to form a whole.
Webster's New World
The complex whole so formed.
American Heritage Medicine
A whole made up of parts or elements put together.
Webster's New World
The formation of a complex compound by the combining of two or more simpler compounds, elements, or radicals.
Webster's New World
Reasoning from the general to the particular; logical deduction.
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synthesis
Plural:
syntheses

Origin of Synthesis

  • From Latin synthesis, from Ancient Greek σύνθεσις (synthesis, “a putting together; composition"), from συντίθημι (suntithÄ“mi, “put together, combine"), from σύν (syn, “together") + τίθημι (tithÄ“mi, “set, place").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin collection from Greek sunthesis from suntithenai to put together sun- syn- tithenai to put dhē- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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