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syntheses

Variant of synthesis

noun pl. syntheses

  1. the putting together of parts or elements so as to form a whole
  2. a whole made up of parts or elements put together
  3. Chem. the formation of a complex compound by the combining of two or more simpler compounds, elements, or radicals
  4. Philos. in Hegelian philosophy, the unified whole in which opposites (thesis and antithesis) are reconciled

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