synthesis

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The combining of separate ideas, things, or influences into a single, coherent whole.

   Her book is a synthesis of history, science, and personal memoir.

2. 2
   noun

   The making of a substance by combining simpler chemical compounds.

   The lab developed a faster synthesis of the new drug.

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.

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