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Synthetic
- adjective - a compound made artificially by chemical reactions
- Artificial
- artificial as if portrayed in a film; "a novel with flat celluloid characters"
- 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
- not genuine or natural; "counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic"- George Will
- not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially; "man-made fibers"; "synthetic leather"
- of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts; "`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition"
- systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words
Syntonize
- - To adjust or devise so as to emit or respond to electric oscillations of a certain wave length; to tune; specif., to put (two or more instruments or systems of wireless telegraphy) in syntony with each other.
Syphering
- - The lapping of chamfered edges of planks to make a smooth surface, as for a bulkhead.
Syphilide
- - A cutaneous eruption due to syphilis.
Syphilize
- - To inoculate with syphilis.
Syphoning
- verb - convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon
Syriacism
- - A Syrian idiom; a Syrianism.
Syrianism
- - A Syrian idiom, or a peculiarity of the Syrian language; a Syriacism.
Syringeal
- - Of or pertaining to the syrinx; as, the syringeal muscle.