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Grammar : Adj
Spell : sin-thet-ik
Phonetic Transcription : sɪnˈθɛt ɪk



Definition of synthetic

Origin :
  • 1690s, as a term in logic, from French synthétique (17c.), from Modern Latin syntheticus, from Greek synthetikos, from synthetos, past participle of syntithenai (see synthesis). From 1874 in reference to products or materials made artificially by chemical synthesis; hence "artificial" (1930).
  • adj artificial
Example sentences :
  • Synthetic foods there were for at least a hundred Martian days.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930 » by Various
  • Genius is synthetic, elliptic, sudden, but always clear and sure.
  • Extract from : « The Goat-gland Transplantation » by Sydney B. Flower
  • Phillips had a logical mind and a capacity for synthetic induction.
  • Extract from : « The Island Mystery » by George A. Birmingham
  • No mention now of the Eurasian exemplar, the synthetic "over-man."
  • Extract from : « Dreamers of the Ghetto » by I. Zangwill
  • He proves the importance of synthetic registration in peoples.
  • Extract from : « Adventures in the Arts » by Marsden Hartley
  • The tanks are full of oxygen, and they gave us some synthetic food which we can eat.
  • Extract from : « Islands of Space » by John W Campbell
  • Have you read anything on Kendrick's experiments with synthetic emotion?
  • Extract from : « Ten From Infinity » by Paul W. Fairman
  • The Russians were infiltrating the country with synthetic men.
  • Extract from : « Ten From Infinity » by Paul W. Fairman
  • The concept didn't take shape in the android's synthetic mind.
  • Extract from : « Ten From Infinity » by Paul W. Fairman
  • You'd like to have them build their synthetic army on the specifications I made out?
  • Extract from : « Ten From Infinity » by Paul W. Fairman

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