synthesis

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things.

   In its synthesis of different art forms and various techniques, Tongues Untied actually represented a departure for Riggs, whose previous work […] had been in a relatively traditional documentary format.

2. 2
   noun

   An Ancient Roman dining-garment.

   The Saturnalia was apparently the only occasion, however, when the synthesis could be worn in public with decorum.

3. 3
   noun

   reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

4. 4
   noun

   the combination of ideas into a complex whole

5. 5
   noun

   the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds)

6. 6
   noun

   Creation of a complex waveform by summation of simpler waveforms.

7. 7
   noun

   The reaction of elements or compounds to form more complex compounds.

8. 8
   noun

   A deduction from the general to the particular, by applying the rules of logic to a premise.

Etymology

From Latin synthesis, from Ancient Greek σύνθεσις (súnthesis, “a putting together; composition”), from συντίθημι (suntíthēmi, “put together, combine”), from συν- (sun-, “together”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “set, place”). Doublet of sandhi.