synthetic
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1 synthetic
A compound made artificially by chemical reactions.
synoniem: synthetic substance.
Nederlands: kunststof
Pools: syntetyk
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1 synthetic
Not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially:
— Synthetic leather.
synoniemen: man-made, semisynthetic.
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Pools: sztuczny
2 synthetic
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.
synoniem: synthetical.
Pools: syntetyczny
3 synthetic
Systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words.
4 synthetic
Of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts:
— `all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition.
synoniem: synthetical.
5 synthetic
Artificial as if portrayed in a film.
synoniem: celluloid.
6 synthetic
Not genuine or natural.
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