1. The process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds) 
2. The combination of ideas into a complex whole
   - synthetic thinking 
3. Reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
   - deduction, deductive reasoning

Derived forms: syntheses

See also: synthesise [Brit], synthesist, synthetic, synthetical

Type of: abstract thought, chemical action, chemical change, chemical process, logical thinking, reasoning

Antonym: analysis

Encyclopedia: Synthesis

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