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synthesis

sin thuh suhs

  • n  the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds)
  • n  the combination of ideas into a complex whole
  • n  reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

  • It took two years of rigorous research and lab work to complete the synthesis of cortisone.
  • The skyline in the city is a quaint synthesis of Mughal and Hindu architecture.
  • Interestingly, the history of this island has been reconstructed by synthesis of archaeological and genetic data.
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  • André Azoulay in AFP
    Essaouira throughout its entire history and its entire way of living was a synthesis between Muslims and Jews,Azoulay told AFP. "It was not something artificially constructed, it was natural." "And this festival is a reconstruction...
  • Stavros Dimas in Peninsula On-line
    Dimas added: "This synthesis report is vital reading for decision-makers everywhere ahead of the UN climate change conference in Bali starting in just over two weeks." "The global community must respond to this scientific call for action by...
  • Pope Benedict XVI in Forbes
    Benedict said that indigenous Latin Americans formed "a synthesis between their cultures and the Christian faith which the missionaries were offering them."

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