A new philosophy, “synectics,” which is said to liberate the creative instinct and so stimulate inventiveness, is gaining a following among big corporations (London Times).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
syn|tac|tics — «sihn TAK tihks», noun. 1. the formal syntactic system or structure of a language without reference to meaning. 2. the study of such a system or structure … Useful english dictionary
syn — syn·a·del·phite; syn·aes·the·sis; syn·a·gog·al; syn·a·gogue; syn·al·lag·mat·ic; syn·a·loe·pha; syn·anastomosis; syn·an·ce·ja; syn·an·gial; syn·an·gi·um; syn·an·tec·tic; syn·an·thae; syn·an·thous; syn·an·thy; syn·a·phea; syn·aposematic;… … English syllables
tics — acous·tics; aero·bal·lis·tics; aero·nau·tics; aero·pol·i·tics; aero·ther·a·peu·tics; an·a·glyp·tics; an·glis·tics; as·tro·nau·tics; at·om·is·tics; bal·lis·tics; be·hav·ior·is·tics; cam·er·a·lis·tics; cat·al·lac·tics; chrem·a·tis·tics;… … English syllables
syntactics — syn·tac·tics … English syllables
Synthetics — Syn|the|tics 〈Pl.〉 Gewebe, Textilien aus Chemiefasern [zu engl. synthetic „künstlich, synthetisch“] * * * Syn|the|tics <Pl.> [engl. synthetics, zu: synthetic = ↑ synthetisch (2)]: a) auf chemischem Wege gewonnene Textilfasern; Gewebe aus… … Universal-Lexikon
Synthetics — Syn|the|tics 〈Pl.; Textilw.〉 Gewebe, Textilien aus Kunstfasern [Etym.: zu engl. synthetic »künstlich, synthetisch«] … Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch
Synthetics — Syn|the|tics [...tiks] u. (eindeutschend) Synthetiks die (Plur.) <aus gleichbed. engl. synthetics zu synthetic »synthetisch; künstlich hergestellt«, dies zu gr. synthetikós, vgl. ↑synthetisch>: a) auf chem. Wege gewonnene Textilfasern;… … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
syntactics — syn•tac•tics [[t]sɪnˈtæk tɪks[/t]] n. (used with a sing. v.) ling. pho the branch of semiotics dealing with the formal properties of languages and systems of symbols and the relationships of signs to each other • Etymology: 1935–40 … From formal English to slang
Synthetics — Syn|the|tics [zyn te:tɪks ] Plural (Sammelbezeichnung für synthetisch erzeugte Kunstfasern und Produkte daraus) … Die deutsche Rechtschreibung
syntactics — A branch of semiotics concerned with the formal relations between signs, in abstraction from their meaning and their interpreters. [syn + G. taxis, order] * * * syn·tac·tics tiks n pl but sing or pl in constr a branch of semiotic that deals with… … Medical dictionary
