Synthetic
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See: Synthetic Proposition, Synthetic Data, Synthetic System, Synthetic Compound, Synthetic Life, Analytic/Abstract, Real/Natural.
References
- (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=synthetic
- S: (n) synthetic, synthetic substance (a compound made artificially by chemical reactions)
- S: (adj) man-made, semisynthetic, synthetic (not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially) "man-made fibers"; "synthetic leather"
- S: (adj) synthetic, synthetical (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
- S: (adj) synthetic (systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words)
- S: (adj) synthetic, synthetical (of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts) "`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition"
- S: (adj) celluloid, synthetic (artificial as if portrayed in a film) "a novel with flat celluloid characters"
- S: (adj) synthetic (not genuine or natural) "counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic"- George Will
- http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/synthetic
- Adjective
- 1. Of, or relating to synthesis.
- 2. (chemistry) Produced by synthesis instead of being isolated from a natural source (but may be identical to a product so obtained).
- 3. Artificial, not genuine.
- 4. (grammar) Pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word. Compare analytic.
- Noun
- A synthetic compound. Only plastics and synthetics that cannot be recycled will end up in landfills, he said.
- Adjective
- (Wikipedia, 2009) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analytic-synthetic_distinction