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synthetic
/sɪnˈθɛtɪk/ · 9 letters · 8 distinct letters
- adjective
not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially
man made fibers
- noun
a compound made artificially by chemical reactions
- adjective
involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis;, P.S.Welch
limnology is essentially a synthetic science composed of elements...that extend well beyond the limits of biology
- adjective
systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words
- adjective
of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts
`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition