synthetic
adjective
[ sɪnˈθɛtɪk ]
• (of a substance) made by chemical synthesis, especially to imitate a natural product.
• "synthetic rubber"
• (of a proposition) having truth or falsity determinable by recourse to experience.
• (of a language) characterized by the use of inflections rather than word order to express grammatical structure.
synthetic
noun
• a synthetic material or chemical, especially a textile fibre.
Origin:
late 17th century: from French synthétique or modern Latin syntheticus, from Greek sunthetikos, based on suntithenai ‘place together’.
