Synthetic products are made from chemicals or artificial substances rather than from natural ones. Boots made from synthetic materials can usually be washed in a machine. synthetic rubber. = man-made, artificial + synthetically syn·theti·cal·ly the therapeutic use of natural and synthetically produced hormones. produced by combining different artificial substances, rather than being naturally produced (synthetikos, from syntithenai; SYNTHESIS)
of, involving, or using synthesis produced by synthesis; specially: produced by chemical synthesis, rather than of natural origin not real or genuine; artificial [synthetic lubricant] something synthetic; specially, a substance produced by chemical synthesis Man-made, not occuring in nature [French synthétique < Greek synthetikos]
An imitation, commercially made gemstone, which may be very like the natural in its properties and cutting potential Synthetics are produced in a number of grades and vary considerably in price All are detectable, using proper equipment
Comprising within itself structural or other characters which are usually found only in two or more diverse groups; said of species, genera, and higher groups
a compound made artificially by chemical reactions of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts; "`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition"
Of an indexing or classification scheme, making provision for the synthesis of terms out of components, rather than listing or enumerating them explicitly
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"- P S Welch
A sentence, proposition, thought, or judgement is synthetic if it is neither logically (analytically) true, or false; generally, synthetic claims are said to be empirical in that they are discovered through experiment and observation, and in that "a bare conception of the subject" will not make it immediately obvious that the predicate appllies to it
systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words 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
{s} of or pertaining to synthesis; artificial, man-made; not real, not genuine; of or pertaining to a language that uses inflectional affixes to express relationships