synthesis | From WordNet (r) 1.6 [wn]: synthesis n 1: the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds) 2: the combination of ideas into a complex whole [syn: {synthetic thinking}] [ant: {analysis}] 3: reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect) [syn: {deduction}, {deductive reasoning}] |
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