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synthetic
adjective
- of, involving, or using synthesis
- produced by synthesis; specif., produced by chemical synthesis, rather than of natural origin
- not real or genuine; artificial
- Linguis. characterized by the use of inflection to express grammatical relationships: Russian is a synthetic language
- 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
noun
something synthetic; specif., a substance produced by chemical synthesis
Related Forms:
- synthetically adverb
See synthetic in American Heritage Dictionary 4
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