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- Dictionarysyn·thet·ic/sinˈTHedik/
adjective
- 1. (of a substance) made by chemical synthesis, especially to imitate a natural product: "synthetic rubber"
- 2. (of a proposition) having truth or falsity determinable by recourse to experience.
noun
- 1. a synthetic material or chemical, especially a textile fiber.
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The meaning of SYNTHETIC is relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic. How to use synthetic in a sentence.
adjective. of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis ( analytic). noting or pertaining to compounds formed through a chemical process by human agency, as opposed to those of natural origin: synthetic vitamins; synthetic fiber.
SYNTHETIC definition: 1. Synthetic products are made from artificial substances, often copying a natural product: 2…. Learn more.
Something made of artificial material, not natural items, can be described as synthetic. Some football stadiums have synthetic grass, and a leisure suit from the 1970s might be made of synthetic fabric.
Synthetic products are made from chemicals or artificial substances rather than from natural ones.
Prepared or made artificially. Synthetic leather. American Heritage. Not real or genuine; artificial or insincere. Synthetic enthusiasm. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Characterized by the use of inflection to express grammatical relationships. Russian is a synthetic language. Webster's New World. Similar definitions.
adjective. /sɪnˈθetɪk/ artificial; made by combining chemical substances rather than being produced naturally by plants or animals synonym man-made. synthetic drugs/fabrics. shoes with synthetic soles. synthetic dyes. Even the hair is synthetic.
1. of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic). 2. pertaining to or denoting compounds, materials, etc., formed through a chemical process by human agency, as opposed to those of natural origin: synthetic fiber; synthetic drugs.
made or produced to copy something natural; not real: made by combining chemical substances rather than being produced naturally by plants or animals: ) not natural; not genuine, but made to look real to cheat people: [only before noun] made to look like something else; not real: Join us.
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