synthetic

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Adjective 1.1.1 Derived terms 1.1.2 Translations 1.2 Noun

[edit] English

[edit] Adjective

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.

[edit] Derived terms

• nucleosynthetic

[edit] Translations

[edit] Noun

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.