synthesis
synt·he·sis
noun
1.
2.
the combination of ideas into a complex whole
3.
reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
Origin
From Latin synthesis, from Ancient Greek σύνθεσις (súnthesis, “a putting together; composition”), from συντίθημι (suntíthēmi, “put together, combine”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “set, place”). Doublet of sandhi.
Phrases
- Arndt-Eistert synthesis
- asymmetric synthesis
- Auwers synthesis
- Fischer indole synthesis
- Friedländer synthesis
- Gabriel synthesis
- high-level synthesis
- medieval synthesis
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