| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | syn·the·sis |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  s n th-ss |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. syn·the·ses (-s z )
1a. The combining of separate elements or substances to form a coherent whole. b. The complex whole so formed. 2. Chemistry Formation of a compound from simpler compounds or elements. 3. Philosophy a. Reasoning from the general to the particular; logical deduction. b. The combination of thesis and antithesis in the Hegelian dialectical process whereby a new and higher level of truth is produced. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin, collection, from Greek sunthesis, from suntithenai, to put together : sun-, syn- + tithenai, to put; see dh- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | synthe·sist —NOUN
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