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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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amalgamation
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin amalgam?ti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??mæl???me???n/
- Rhymes: -e???n
- Hyphenation: a?mal?ga?ma?tion
Noun
amalgamation (countable and uncountable, plural amalgamations)
- The process of amalgamating; a mixture, merger or consolidation.
- The result of amalgamating; a mixture or alloy.
- (specifically) The production of an alloy of mercury and another metal.
- (obsolete) The intermarriage and interbreeding of different ethnicities or races. [in the US, supplanted after 1863 by miscegenation; elsewhere, in use into the 1900s]
Related terms
- amalgam
- amalgamate
Translations
French
Etymology
From Medieval Latin amalgam?ti?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.mal.?a.ma.sj??/
- Homophone: amalgamations
Noun
amalgamation f (plural amalgamations)
- amalgamation
Further reading
- “amalgamation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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