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synthesis

/ˈsɪnθəsɪs/noun3 syllables

Synthesis means: reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect).

Synonyms for synthesis3

noun, as in reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

deduction, deductive reasoning

noun, as in the combination of ideas into a complex whole

synthetic thinking

Opposites of synthesis

What does synthesis mean?3

noun

1

reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

2

the combination of ideas into a complex whole

3

the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds)

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Synthesis in a sentence

  • Additive synthesis involves manually controlling harmonics, and uses only sine waves.papabear
  • Love, in fact, is the agent of universal synthesis.carlosalberto
  • Ribosomes, whose function is protein synthesis, are abundant structures in prokaryotic cells.Miktsoanit
  • His work is a synthesis of several ideas.unknown
  • Ribosomes are the organelles responsible for protein synthesis.DJ_Saidez
  • The artist is a synthesis of the theoretical person and the practical one.Miktsoanit
  • The smooth endoplasmic reticulum is the organelle responsible for lipid synthesis.Miktsoanit
  • The molecule's complexity makes its synthesis almost impossible.rul

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Forms of synthesis

as a noun

plural
syntheses