synthetic

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[edit] English

[edit] Adjective

synthetic (comparative more synthetic, superlative most synthetic)

Positive
synthetic

Comparative
more synthetic

Superlative
most 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.

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[edit] Noun

Singular
synthetic

Plural
synthetics

synthetic (plural synthetics)

  1. A synthetic compound.
    • 2007 January 14, Elsa Brenner, “Art House to Get a Campus”, New York Times:
      Only plastics and synthetics that cannot be recycled will end up in landfills, he said.