# synthesis
## English
### 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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɪnθəsɪs/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Hyphenation: syn‧the‧sis

### Noun

synthesis (countable and uncountable, plural syntheses)
* The formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things.
** 1990 December 16, Phil Harper, “Affirmed”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 22, page 9: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.
* (signal processing) Creation of a complex waveform by summation of simpler waveforms.
* (chemistry) The reaction of elements or compounds to form more complex compounds.
* (logic) A deduction from the general to the particular.
* (philosophy) The combination of thesis and antithesis.
* (military) In intelligence usage, the examining and combining of processed information with other information and intelligence for final interpretation.
* (rhetoric) An apt arrangement of elements of a text, especially for euphony.
* (grammar) The uniting of ideas into a sentence.
* (medicine) The reunion of parts that have been divided.
* An Ancient Roman dining-garment.
** 1918, American Philological Association, Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, page 132:The Saturnalia was apparently the only occasion, however, when the synthesis could be worn in public with decorum.

#### Antonyms

* analysis

#### Derived terms

* amorphosynthesis
* Arndt-Eistert synthesis
* asymmetric synthesis
* autosynthesis
* Auwers synthesis
* baryosynthesis
* biosynthesis
* chemosynthesis
* cosynthesis
* electrosynthesis
* Fischer indole synthesis
* Friedländer synthesis
* Gabriel synthesis
* glycosynthesis
* hemisynthesis
* heterosynthesis
* hyposynthesis
* liposynthesis
* mechanosynthesis
* medieval synthesis
* modern synthesis
* mutasynthesis
* narcosynthesis
* neosynthesis
* nucleosynthesis
* oligosynthesis
* one-pot synthesis
* osteosynthesis
* oversynthesis
* Paal-Knorr synthesis
* parasynthesis
* photobiosynthesis
* photoelectrosynthesis
* photosynthesis
* phytosynthesis
* polysynthesis
* prebiotic organic synthesis
* proteosynthesis
* psychosynthesis
* pyrosynthesis
* radiosynthesis
* resynthesis
* retrobiosynthesis
* retrosynthesis
* semisynthesis
* stereospecific synthesis
* synthesis gas
* synthesis gases
* synthesis phase
* thermosynthesis
* tomosynthesis
* total synthesis
* voice synthesis
* wave field synthesis
* Wenker synthesis
* Wöhler synthesis

#### Related terms

* synthesize
* synthetic

#### Translations

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#### Further reading

* “synthesis”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
* “synthesis”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

## Latin
### Etymology

From Ancient Greek σύνθεσις (súnthesis, “a putting together; composition”), from συντίθημι (suntíthēmi, “put together, combine”), from σύν (sún, “together”) + τίθημι (títhēmi, “set, place”).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈsyn.tʰe.sis/, [ˈs̠ʏn̪t̪ʰɛs̠ɪs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈsin.te.sis/, [ˈsin̪t̪es̬is]

### Noun

synthesis f (genitive synthesis or syntheseōs or synthesios); third declension
* A collection or reunion of many objects of analogous nature.
* mixture, compound (medicine)
* suit (of clothes), costume
* a kind of loose garment, worn at table
* dinner service

#### Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).
$^1$Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

#### Descendants

* Catalan: síntesi
* French: synthèse
** Romanian: sinteză
* Friulian: sintesi
* Galician: síntese
* Italian: sintesi
* Piedmontese: sìntesi, sunt
* Portuguese: síntese
* Spanish: síntesis

### References

* “synthesis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* synthesis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* “synthesis”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* “synthesis”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

## Welsh
### Alternative forms

* sunthesis

### Etymology

Borrowed from English synthesis, from Latin synthesis, from Ancient Greek σύνθεσις (súnthesis, “a putting together; composition”).

### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ˈsɨ̞nθɛsɪs/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈsɪnθɛsɪs/

#### Usage notes

Being a word borrowed from English derived from Greek, the y in synthesis is pronounced /ɨ̞, ɪ/ rather than expected /ə/. To preserve consistency between pronunciation and spelling, some prefer to spell this word sunthesis. Nevertheless, synthesis is the more common spelling of the two. See pyramid/puramid, symbol/sumbol, system/sustem for similar examples.

### Noun

synthesis m (plural synthesisau, not mutable)
* synthesis

#### Related terms

* syntheseiddio (“synthesise”)
* synthetig (“synthetic”)

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “synthesis”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies