Synthesis



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解释

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• n. 综合, 合成
• ［英］ n. 综合, 合成 ( the combining of separate things, ideas into a complete whole)
• ［类］ 反义词: analysis ( 分解)

Webster Collegiate

noun (plural syntheses)

• Etymology: Greek, from syntithenai to put together, from syn- + tithenai to put, place — more at do
• Date: 1589
• 1.
  • a. the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole
  • b. the production of a substance by the union of chemical elements, groups, or simpler compounds or by the degradation of a complex compound
  • c. the combining of often diverse conceptions into a coherent whole; also the complex so formed
• 2.
  • a. deductive reasoning
  • b. the dialectic combination of thesis and antithesis into a higher stage of truth
• 3. the frequent and systematic use of inflected forms as a characteristic device of a language
• ? synthesist noun

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