different between synthesis vs coalition

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)

1. The formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things.
2. (chemistry) The reaction of elements or compounds to form more complex compounds.
3. (logic) A deduction from the general to the particular.
4. (philosophy) The combination of thesis and antithesis.
5. (military) In intelligence usage, the examining and combining of processed information with other information and intelligence for final interpretation.
6. (rhetoric) An apt arrangement of elements of a text, especially for euphony.
7. (grammar) The uniting of ideas into a sentence.
8. (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

1. A collection or reunion of many objects of analogous nature.
2. mixture, compound (medicine)
3. suit (of clothes), costume
4. a kind of loose garment, worn at table
5. 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)

1. 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

English

Alternative forms

• coälition (rare)

Etymology

From French coalition (“coalition”), from Late Latin alo (“I advance (cause, etc., communion)”).

Pronunciation

• (US) enPR: k??l?'sh?n, IPA^(key): /ko???l???n/
• Rhymes: -???n

Noun

coalition (countable and uncountable, plural coalitions)

1. A temporary group or union of organizations, usually formed for a particular advantage.

   The Liberal Democrats and Conservative parties formed a coalition government in 2010.

   • 2013 May 23, Sarah Lyall, "British Leader’s Liberal Turn Sets Off a Rebellion in His Party," New York Times (retrieved 29 May 2013):

     At a time when Mr. Cameron is being squeezed from both sides — from the right by members of his own party and by the anti-immigrant, anti-Europe U.K. Independence Party, and from the left by his Liberal Democrat coalition partners — the move seemed uncharacteristically clunky.

2. (rare) The collective noun for a group of cheetahs.
   • 2013 August 7, Joshi Herrmann, "How cricket netted the hipsters", London Evening Standard

     Sometimes the ante is upped, the gaggle of bowlers all working on their batsman in turn, like a coalition of cheetahs singling out a vulnerable gazelle, sending their distinctive balls down until the pressure forces a mistake or the batsman gets his own back by smashing a bad ball over everyone’s heads.

   • 2014 September 6, Darren Boyle, "Running wild! Mother cheetah has SIX cubs keeping her busy by jumping, hiding and climbing all over her", The Daily Mail

     Majed Sultan Ali was on his second visit to the game reserve in a bid to photograph a coalition of cheetahs.

   • 2015 June 11, "This is the moment an ostrich attempts to outrun cheetahs in Sir David Attenborough's latest show", Bristol Post

     This is the incredible moment a juvenile ostrich attempts to outrun a coalition of cheetahs that forms a central part of the latest BBC programme to be presented by Sir David Attenborough.

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• coalition on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• coitional

French

Alternative forms

• coälition (rare)

Etymology

From Late Latin coalitus (“fellowship, communion”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.a.li.sj??/

Noun

coalition f (plural coalitions)

1. coalition

Further reading

• “coalition” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).