| 释义 |
Adjective: synthetic sin'thetik- Not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially
"synthetic leather"
- man-made, semisynthetic - 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"
- synthetical - Systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words
- Of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts
"'all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition"
- synthetical - Artificial as if portrayed in a film
- celluloid - Not genuine or natural
"counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic"
Noun: synthetic sin'thetik- A compound made artificially by chemical reactions
- synthetic substance
Derived forms: synthetics See also: a posteriori, agglutinative, artificial, counterfeit, imitative, inductive, logical, polysynthetic, synthesis, synthetically, unreal Type of: chemical compound, compound Antonym: analytic Encyclopedia: Synthetic |