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synthetic definition

syn·thetic (sin t̸het′ik)

adjective

  1. of, involving, or using synthesis
  2. produced by synthesis; specif., produced by chemical synthesis, rather than of natural origin
  3. not real or genuine; artificial
  4. Linguis. characterized by the use of inflection to express grammatical relationships Russian is a synthetic language
  5. Logic not true by the meaning of its component terms alone but by virtue of observation and not resulting in self-contradiction with denial
Also synthetical syn·thet′i·cal

Etymology: Fr synthétique < Gr synthetikos

noun

something synthetic; specif., a substance produced by chemical synthesis

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