a statement or item of knowledge which is known to be true because of its connection with some intuition (Cf analytic )
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]