See Also: DNA synthesis(medicine)
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synthesis(dictionary)
Synthesis(medicine)
protein synthesis(medicine)
synthesis of continuity(medicine)
asymmetric synthesis(encyclopedia)
unscheduled DNA synthesis(medicine)
Merrifield synthesis(medicine)
gene synthesis(medicine)

synthesis (iou)



synthesis noun. . LME.
[Latin from Greek sunthesis, from suntithenai, from sun- SYN- + tithenai put, place.]
I.
Grammar.
a. Apposition. Only in LME.
b. The construction of a sentence according to sense, in violation of strict syntax. E17-E18.
II.
Logic & Philosophy.
a. The action of proceeding in thought from causes to effects, or from laws or principles to their consequences. E17.
b. In Kantian philosophy, the action of the understanding in combining and unifying isolated sense-data into a cognizable whole. E19.
c. In Hegelian philosophy, the final stage of a dialectic progression in which an idea is proposed (thesis), then negated (antithesis), and finally transcended by a new idea that resolves the conflict between the first and its negation. Cf. ANTITHESIS 6, THESIS 2. L19.
Medicine. The joining of divided parts in surgery. Now rare or obsolete. E18.
a. Chemistry. Formation of a compound by combination of its elements or constituents; esp. artificial preparation of organic compounds by reactions rather than by extraction from natural products. Also, a method for producing a particular compound. M18.
Perkin synthesis, Perkin's synthesis: see PERKIN 2.
Journal of Molecular Biology Sequential enzyme sequences involved in the synthesis of essential metabolites. Nature Catalysts for the synthesis of industrially important..polymers.
b. Physics. Production of white or other compound light by combination of its constituent colours, or of a complex musical sound by combination of its component simple tones. M19.
Linguistics. The tendency of a language to mark categories by inflections rather than by (groups of) distinct words. Also, the process of making compound and derivative words. M19.
gen. The action or an act of putting together parts or elements to make up a complex whole; the combination of immaterial or abstract things, or of elements into an ideal or abstract whole; the state of being so put together. Also, a complex whole made up of a number of united parts or elements. M19.
III.
Roman Antiquities. A loose flowing robe worn at meals and festivities. E17.
Comb.: synthesis gas a gas used as a feedstock in the industrial synthesis of a chemical, esp. a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide.
? In various senses contrasted with analysis.