Synthesis

sin′the-sis, n. a term applied to the building up of compound substances from the elements they contain or from other compounds, usually of le complexity than themselves: a making a whole out of parts: the combination of separate elements of thought into a whole, or reasoning from principles previously established to a conclusion, as opposed to analysis : ( gram. ) the uniting of ideas into a sentence: ( med. ) the reunion of parts that have been divided: ( chem. ) the uniting of elements to form a compound:— pl. Syn′theses (-sēz).— v.t. Syn′thesīse , to unite by synthesis.— ns. Syn′the sist , Syn′thetist , one who synthetises.— adjs. Synthet′ic , -al , pertaining to synthesis: consisting in synthesis or composition.— adv. Synthet′ically .— n. Synthet′icism , the principles of synthesis, a synthetic system.— v.t. Syn′thetise .— Synthetic philosophy , the system of Herbert Spencer, so called by himself because conceived as a fusion of the different sciences into a whole. [Gr. synthesis — syn , with, together, thesis , a placing— tithēmi , I place.]