synthetic
pronunciation
How to pronounce synthetic in British English:
UK [sɪnˈθetɪk]
How to pronounce synthetic in American English:
US [sɪnˈθetɪk]
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- Noun:
- a compound made artificially by chemical reactions
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- Adjective:
- not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially
- involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis
- systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words
- of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts
- artificial as if portrayed in a film
- not genuine or natural
Word Origin
- synthetic (adj.)
- 1690s, as a term in logic, "deductive," from French synthétique (17c.) and directly from Modern Latin syntheticus, from Greek synthetikos "skilled in putting together, constructive," from synthetos "put together, constructed, compounded," past participle of syntithenai "to put together" (see synthesis). From 1874 in reference to products or materials made artificially by chemical synthesis; hence "artificial" (1930). As a noun, "synthetic material," from 1934. Related: Synthetical (1620s in logic).
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Example
- 1. One group provides synthetic genes and reagents for research .
- 2. The subprime-mortgage crisis exposed the cracks in financial innovation , especially synthetic structured products .
- 3. Working with mueller and others he 's turned synthetic viruses into promising vaccines against diseases such as influenza .
- 4. Synthetic hormones hadn 't been invented .
- 5. Synthetic products multiplied risks in the securitization system .