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US
/sɪnˈθɛtɪk/
]
[ UK /sɪnθˈɛtɪk/ ]
[ UK /sɪnθˈɛtɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially
synthetic leather
man-made fibers -
artificial as if portrayed in a film
a novel with flat celluloid characters - systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words
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involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis
limnology is essentially a synthetic science composed of elements...that extend well beyond the limits of biology -
not genuine or natural
counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic -
of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts
`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition
NOUN
- a compound made artificially by chemical reactions
How To Use synthetic In A Sentence
- There are two main approaches: one is a synthetic plug the same shape as a cork that can be placed in the top of the bottle in the same way as a cork and removed with a corkscrew, so preserving the ritual of opening a bottle of wine.
- synthetic detergents are in the form of powder or liquid.
- Mohawk is a polysynthetic language, in which noun objects can easily be incorporated into the verb.
- Until the advent of synthetic dyes, woad was cultivated in great plantations that were for a time a mainstay in some colonial economies. SPIX'S MACAW: THE RACE TO SAVE THE WORLD'S RAREST BIRD
- We synthetically discuss charactesistic of the candy shaping mechanism and the cooling unit.
- An objective analogue prediction model of tropical cyclone track is brought forward that considers the synthetical evaluation environment.
- Factories are using the top-shelf blade steels, leading-edge frame materials, and state-of-the-art synthetics to make knives that used to be reserved for the work of a custom knifemaker.
- Sometimes, with mechs, a smile could transform the face into something even less human—the expression somehow incongruous on the synthetic lips, a quaint and unsettling party trick, like a dog propped at the dinner table with a fork and spoon. Crashed
- The photosynthetic technique for transferring energy from one molecular system to another should make any short-list of Mother Nature's spectacular accomplishments.
- But our investigators were able to buy a large batch of the unlicensed synthetic chemical within minutes. The Sun