SYNTHESIS

noun (plural syntheses) see: do Date: 1589 1. the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole, the production of a substance by the union of chemical elements, groups, or simpler compounds or by the degradation of a complex compound, the combining of often diverse conceptions into a coherent whole, 2. deductive reasoning, the dialectic combination of thesis and antithesis into a higher stage of truth, the frequent and systematic use of inflected forms as a characteristic device of a language, ~t noun