資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Synthetic \Syn*thet"ic\, Synthetical \Syn*thet"ic*al\, a. [Gr.
   ?: cf. F. synth['e]tique.]
   1. Of or pertaining to synthesis; consisting in synthesis or
      composition; as, the synthetic method of reasoning, as
      opposed to analytical.

            Philosophers hasten too much from the analytic to
            the synthetic method; that is, they draw general
            conclusions from too small a number of particular
            observations and experiments.         --Bolingbroke.

   2. (Chem.) Artificial. Cf. {Synthesis}, 2.

   3. (Zo["o]l.) Comprising within itself structural or other
      characters which are usually found only in two or more
      diverse groups; -- said of species, genera, and higher
      groups. See the Note under {Comprehensive}, 3.

   {Synthetic}, or {Synthetical language}, an inflectional
      language, or one characterized by grammatical endings; --
      opposed to {analytic language}. --R. Morris.