syn|thet´i|cal|ly

syn|thet´i|cal|ly
syn|thet|ic «sihn THEHT ihk», adjective, noun.
–adj.
1. of, having to do with, or involving synthesis: »

synthetic chemistry.

2. made artificially by chemical synthesis. Many kinds of fabrics, furs, dyes, resins, and drugs are synthetic products. »

Synthetic vanillin is chemically indistinguishable from vanillin obtained from the bean (New York Times).

 SYNONYM(S): See syn. under artificial. (Cf. ↑artificial)
3. Figurative. not real or genuine; artificial: »

synthetic laughter.

4. Linguistics. characterized by the use of affixes and inflectional endings rather than by the use of separate words, such as auxiliary verbs and prepositions, to express the same idea. Latin is a synthetic language, while English is analytic. For example, the Latin amabitur expresses in one word the English he will be loved.
–n.
a product made by chemical synthesis: »

Goodyear used a synthetic called “Natsyn,” the molecular duplicate of tree-grown latex (Charles C. Cain).

╂[< New Latin syntheticus < Greek synthetikós, ultimately < syntithénai; see etym. under synthesis (Cf. ↑synthesis)]
–syn|thet´i|cal|ly, adverb.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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