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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Synthetic \Syn*thet"ic\, Synthetical \Syn*thet"ic*al\, a. [Gr. [?]: cf. F. synth[82]tique.] 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. (Zo[94]l.) 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}, [or] {Synthetical language}, an inflectional language, or one characterized by grammatical endings; -- opposed to {analytic language}. --R. Morris. | |
