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Meaning of synthetic

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  synthetic
      adj 1: not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially;
             "man-made fibers"; "synthetic leather" [syn: {man-made},
             {semisynthetic}, {synthetic}]
      2: involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate
         elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis;
         "limnology is essentially a synthetic science composed of
         elements...that extend well beyond the limits of biology"-
         P.S.Welch [syn: {synthetic}, {synthetical}] [ant: {analytic},
         {analytical}]
      3: systematic combining of root and modifying elements into
         single words [ant: {analytic}, {uninflected}]
      4: of a proposition whose truth value is determined by
         observation or facts; "`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic
         proposition" [syn: {synthetic}, {synthetical}] [ant:
         {analytic}, {analytical}]
      5: artificial as if portrayed in a film; "a novel with flat
         celluloid characters" [syn: {celluloid}, {synthetic}]
      6: not genuine or natural; "counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes
         when passions are synthetic"- George Will
      n 1: a compound made artificially by chemical reactions [syn:
           {synthetic}, {synthetic substance}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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