SYNTHESIS

deduction, deductive reasoning, synthesis

(noun) reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

synthesis, synthetic thinking

(noun) the combination of ideas into a complex whole

synthesis

(noun) the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

synthesis (countable and uncountable, plural syntheses)

The formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things.

(chemistry) The reaction of elements or compounds to form more complex compounds.

(logic) A deduction from the general to the particular.

(philosophy) The combination of thesis and antithesis.

(military) In intelligence usage, the examining and combining of processed information with other information and intelligence for final interpretation.

(rhetoric) An apt arrangement of elements of a text, especially for euphony.

(grammar) The uniting of ideas into a sentence.

(medicine) The reunion of parts that have been divided.

Antonyms

• analysis

Source: Wiktionary

Syn"the*sis, n.; pl. Syntheses. Etym: [L., a mixture, properly, a putting together, Gr. Thesis.]

1. Composition, or the putting of two or more things together, as in compounding medicines.

2. (Chem.)

Definition: The art or process of making a compound by putting the ingredients together, as contrasted with analysis; thus, water is made by synthesis from hydrogen and oxygen; hence, specifically, the building up of complex compounds by special reactions, whereby their component radicals are so grouped that the resulting substances are identical in every respect with the natural articles when such occur; thus, artificial alcohol, urea, indigo blue, alizarin, etc., are made by synthesis.

3. (Logic)

Definition: The combination of separate elements of thought into a whole, as of simple into complex conceptions, species into genera, individual propositions into systems; -- the opposite of Ant: analysis. Analysis and synthesis, though commonly treated as two different methods, are, if properly understood, only the two necessary parts of the same method. Each is the relative and correlative of the other. Sir W. Hamilton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition