syn·thet·ic /sɪnˈθɛtɪk/
合成物質(a.)綜合性的,人造的
syn·thet·ic /sɪnˈθɛtɪk/ 形容詞
合成的,綜合性的,人造的
synthetic
合成
Syn·thet·ic Syn·thet·ic·al a.
1. Of or pertaining to synthesis; consisting in synthesis or composition; as, the synthetic method of reasoning, as opposed to analytical.
Philosophers hasten too much from the analytic to the synthetic method; that is, they draw general conclusions from too small a number of particular observations and experiments. --Bolingbroke.
2. Chem. Artificial. Cf. Synthesis, 2.
3. Zool. Comprising within itself structural or other characters which are usually found only in two or more diverse groups; -- said of species, genera, and higher groups. See the Note under Comprehensive, 3.
Synthetic language, or Synthetical language, an inflectional language, or one characterized by grammatical endings; -- opposed to analytic language. --R. Morris.
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synthetic
adj 1: not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially;
"man-made fibers"; "synthetic leather" [syn: man-made,
semisynthetic]
2: 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 [syn: synthetical] [ant: analytic]
3: systematic combining of root and modifying elements into
single words [ant: analytic]
4: of a proposition whose truth value is determined by
observation or facts; "`all men are arrogant' is a
synthetic proposition" [syn: synthetical] [ant: analytic]
5: artificial as if portrayed in a film; "a novel with flat
celluloid characters" [syn: celluloid]
6: not genuine or natural; "counterfeit rhetoric that
flourishes when passions are synthetic"- George Will
n : a compound made artificially by chemical reactions