synthesis plural
syn·the·sis
The plural form of synthesis is syntheses
S sDefinitions
- noun plural synthesis the combining of the constituent elements of separate material or abstract entities into a single or unified entity (opposed to analysis, ) the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements. 1
- noun plural synthesis a complex whole formed by combining. 1
- noun plural synthesis Chemistry. the forming or building of a more complex substance or compound from elements or simpler compounds. 1
- noun plural synthesis Philosophy. the third stage of argument in Hegelian dialectic, which reconciles the mutually contradictory first two propositions, thesis and antithesis. 1
- noun plural synthesis Biology. modern synthesis, a consolidation of the results of various lines of investigation from the 1920s through the 1950s that supported and reconciled the Darwinian theory of evolution and the Mendelian laws of inheritance in terms of natural selection acting on genetic variation. 1
- noun plural synthesis Psychology, Psychiatry. the integration of traits, attitudes, and impulses to create a total personality. 1