the process of combining objects or ideas into a complex whole
Compare analysis
2.
the combination or whole produced by such a process
3.
the process of producing a compound by a chemical reaction or series of reactions, usually from simpler or commonly available starting materials
4. linguistics
the use of inflections rather than word order and function words to express the syntactic relations in a language
Compare analysis (sense 5)
5. philosophy archaic
synthetic reasoning
6. philosophy
a.
(in the writings of Kant) the unification of one concept with another not contained in it
Compare analysis (sense 7)
b.
the final stage in the Hegelian dialectic, that resolves the contradiction between thesis and antithesis
Derived forms
synthesist (ˈsynthesist)
noun
Word origin
C17: via Latin from Greek sunthesis, from suntithenai to put together, from syn- + tithenai to place
Examples of 'syntheses' in a sentence
syntheses
Books in the series are syntheses, relying on existing scholarship.
The Times Literary Supplement (2018)
For complex peptides, multiple syntheses might be necessary to make the desired quantity.
The Scientist (2001)
This is an inevitable hazard of interdisciplinary scholarship and broad syntheses.
The Times Literary Supplement (2016)
Rather, the works in this series are designed as syntheses, overviews.
Globe and Mail (2003)
Although these companies may be willing to attempt some of the more difficult syntheses, this is not their major focus.
The Scientist (2001)
All related terms of 'syntheses'
synthesis
A synthesis of different ideas or styles is a mixture or combination of these ideas or styles.
speech synthesis
computer-generated audio output that imitates human speech
voice synthesis
the artificial production of the human voice
aperture synthesis
an array of radio telescopes used in radio astronomy to simulate a single large-aperture telescope. Some such instruments use movable dishes while others use fixed dishes
protein synthesis
the process by which amino acids are linearly arranged into proteins through the involvement of ribosomal RNA , transfer RNA, messenger RNA, and various enzymes