synthetic
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- n a compound made artificially by chemical reactions
- s not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially
synthetic leather - a 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 - a systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words
- a of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts
`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition - s artificial as if portrayed in a film
- s not genuine or natural
counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic"- George Will
- In 1980, Congress enacted tax incentives that were designed to spur the development of a synthetic-fuel industry.
- Hofmann's synthetic copy has only 23, but this part of the chain seems to function biologically as well as the wholesomewhat as if a coded message were pruned of unnecessary .
- But he points out that synthetic methods usually become more efficient with practice and as they are better understood.