synthetic

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Pronunciation

• enPR: sĭnthĕt'ĭk, IPA: /sɪnˈθɛtɪk/

Adjective

synthetic

1. Of, or relating to synthesis.
2. (chemistry) Produced by synthesis instead of being isolated from a natural source (but may be identical to a product so obtained).
3. Artificial, not genuine,
4. (grammar) Pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word (compare analytic).
5. (linguistics) Of a language, having a grammar principally dependent on the use of bound morphemes to indicate syntactic relationships (compare analytic).

Translations

• French: synthétique
• Portuguese: sintético
• Russian: синтети́ческий

Translations

• Portuguese: sintético
• Russian: синтети́ческий

Translations

• Portuguese: artificial, sintético
• Russian: синтети́ческий
• Spanish: sintético

Translations

• Russian: синтети́ческий

Noun

synthetic (plural synthetics)

1. A synthetic compound.

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