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# Of, or relating to [[synthesis]]. |
# Of, or relating to [[synthesis]]. |
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# {{context|chemistry|lang=en}} [[produced|Produced]] by synthesis [[instead]] of being [[isolated]] from a [[natural]] [[source]] (but may be identical to a product so obtained). |
# {{context|chemistry|lang=en}} [[produced|Produced]] by synthesis [[instead]] of being [[isolated]] from a [[natural]] [[source]] (but may be identical to a product so obtained). |
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|passage=As the world's drug habit shows, governments are failing in their quest to monitor every London window-box and Andean hillside for banned plants. But even that Sisyphean task looks easy next to the fight against '''synthetic''' drugs. No sooner has a drug been blacklisted than chemists adjust their recipe and start churning out a subtly different one.}} |
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# [[artificial|Artificial]], not [[genuine]]. |
# [[artificial|Artificial]], not [[genuine]]. |
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# {{context|grammar|lang=en}} Pertaining to the joining of [[bound]] [[morphemes]] in a [[word]]. Compare [[analytic]]. |
# {{context|grammar|lang=en}} Pertaining to the joining of [[bound]] [[morphemes]] in a [[word]]. Compare [[analytic]]. |
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Revision as of 21:59, 27 September 2013
English
Adjective
synthetic (comparative more synthetic, superlative most synthetic)
- Of, or relating to synthesis.
- (deprecated template usage) (chemistry) Produced by synthesis instead of being isolated from a natural source (but may be identical to a product so obtained).
- Artificial, not genuine.
- (deprecated template usage) (grammar) Pertaining to the joining of bound morphemes in a word. Compare analytic.
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Noun
synthetic (plural synthetics)
- A synthetic compound.