synthetics

synthetic[ sin'θetiks ]

• n.a compound made artificially by chemical reactions

  同义词：synthetic substance

• adj.
  • not of natural origin; prepared or made artificially

    "synthetic leather"

    同义词：man-madesemisynthetic

  • involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis

    "limnology is essentially a synthetic science composed of elements...that extend well beyond the limits of biology"

    同义词：synthetical

  • systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words
  • of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts

    "`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition"

    同义词：synthetical

  • artificial as if portrayed in a film

    同义词：celluloid

  • not genuine or natural

    "counterfeit rhetoric that flourishes when passions are synthetic"