different between synthesize vs synthesist

English

Alternative forms

• synthesise (UK)

Etymology

synthesis +? -ize. First attested in 1830.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?s?n??sa?z/

Verb

synthesize (third-person singular simple present synthesizes, present participle synthesizing, simple past and past participle synthesized)

1. (transitive) To combine two or more things to produce a new product.
2. (intransitive, of two or more things) To be combined producing a new, more complex product.
3. (transitive, chemistry) To produce a substance by chemical synthesis.
4. (intransitive, chemistry, of a substance) To be produced by chemical synthesis.

Derived terms

• photosynthesize
• synthesizer

Translations

English

Etymology

synthesize +? -ist

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: s?n?th?s?st, IPA^(key): /?s?n??s?st/

Noun

synthesist (plural synthesists)

1. One who synthesizes.
   • 2006, Peter Lavezzoli, The dawn of Indian music in the West: Bhairavi (page 163)

     By taking widely disparate streams that haven't been formally in contact with each other, you become a synthesist and create new forms.

2. A musician who programs or plays a synthesizer.
   • 2006, Evan Selinger, Postphenomenology: a critical companion to Ihde (page 61)

     None of these had the artistry of Carlos and often used the Moog to play a solo line from a standard pop tune. None were hits. The use of the synthesizer for emulation was, as I have said, rejected by many early synthesists.