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synthesis
English
Etymology
From Latin synthesis, from Ancient Greek ???????? (súnthesis, “a putting together; composition”), from ????????? (suntíth?mi, “put together, combine”), from ???- (sun-, “together”) + ?????? (títh?mi, “set, place”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?n??s?s/
- Hyphenation: syn?the?sis
Noun
synthesis (countable and uncountable, plural syntheses)
- The formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things.
- (chemistry) The reaction of elements or compounds to form more complex compounds.
- (logic) A deduction from the general to the particular.
- (philosophy) The combination of thesis and antithesis.
- (military) In intelligence usage, the examining and combining of processed information with other information and intelligence for final interpretation.
- (rhetoric) An apt arrangement of elements of a text, especially for euphony.
- (grammar) The uniting of ideas into a sentence.
- (medicine) The reunion of parts that have been divided.
Antonyms
- analysis
Derived terms
Related terms
- synthesize
- synthetic
Translations
Further reading
- synthesis in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- synthesis in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ???????? (súnthesis, “a putting together; composition”), from ????????? (suntíth?mi, “put together, combine”), from ??? (sún, “together”) + ?????? (títh?mi, “set, place”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?syn.t?e.sis/, [?s??n?t???s??s?]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?sin.te.sis/, [?sin?t??s?is]
Noun
synthesis f (genitive synthesis or synthese?s or synthesios); third declension
- A collection or reunion of many objects of analogous nature.
- mixture, compound (medicine)
- suit (of clothes), costume
- a kind of loose garment, worn at table
- dinner service
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).
1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.
Descendants
References
- synthesis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- synthesis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- synthesis in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- synthesis in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Welsh
Alternative forms
- sunthesis
Etymology
From English sythesis, from Latin synthesis, from Ancient Greek ???????? (súnthesis, “a putting together; composition”).
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /?s??n??s?s/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /?s?n??s?s/
Usage notes
Being a word borrowed from English derived from Greek, the y in synthesis is pronounced /??, ?/ rather than expected /?/. To preserve consistency between pronunciation and spelling, some prefer to spell this word sunthesis. Nevertheless, synthesis is the more common spelling of the two. See pyramid/puramid, symbol/sumbol, system/sustem for similar examples.
Noun
synthesis m (plural synthesisau, not mutable)
- synthesis
Related terms
- syntheseiddio (“synthesise”)
- synthetig (“synthetic”)
Further reading
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “synthesis”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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amalgam
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin amalgama (“mercury alloy”), from Arabic ???????????? (al-mal?am, “emollient poultice or unguent for sores”), from Ancient Greek ??????? (málagma, “emollient; malleable material”), from ??????? (maláss?, “to soften”), from ??????? (malakós, “soft”). Doublet of malagma. For the verb, compare French amalgamer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??mæl.??m/
- Hyphenation: a?mal?gam
Noun
amalgam (countable and uncountable, plural amalgams)
- (metallurgy) An alloy containing mercury.
- A combination of different things.
- One of the ingredients in an alloy.
Synonyms
- alloy, blend, combo, compound, conglomerate, mixture
Related terms
- amalgamate
- amalgamation
Translations
Verb
amalgam (third-person singular simple present amalgams, present participle amalgaming, simple past and past participle amalgamed)
- (archaic, transitive, intransitive) To amalgamate.
- a. 1691, Robert Boyle, An Essay on the Porousness of Solid Bodies
- I had once occasion to distill in a small retort some gold amalgamed with such a fine and subtile mercur
- 1610, Ben Jonson, The Alchemist
- gold t'amalgam with some six of mercury
- a. 1691, Robert Boyle, An Essay on the Porousness of Solid Bodies
Further reading
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “amalgam”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
- David Barthelmy (1997–2021) , “Amalgam”, in Webmineral Mineralogy Database
- “amalgam”, in Mindat.org?[1], Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, 2000–2021.
- “amalgam”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
Anagrams
- malagma
Romanian
Etymology
From French amalgame, from Latin amalgama.
Noun
amalgam n (plural amalgame)
- amalgam
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /am?l?a?m/
- Hyphenation: a?mal?gam
Noun
amàlg?m m (Cyrillic spelling ?????????)
- amalgam
Declension
Swedish
Noun
amalgam n
- amalgam
Declension
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