syn.the.sis n, pl -the.ses
[Gk, fr. syntithenai to put together, fr. syn -
+ tithenai to put, place-more at do] (1589)
1 a: the composition or
combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole
1 b: the
production of a substance by the union of chemical elements, groups, or
simpler compounds or by the degradation of a complex compound
1 c:
the combining of often diverse conceptions into a coherent whole; also:
the complex so formed
2 a: deductive reasoning
2 b: the dialectic
combination of thesis and antithesis into a higher stage of truth
3: the
frequent and systematic use of inflected forms as a characteristic
device of a language
syn.the.sist n
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com.pile vt com.piled ; com.pil.ing
[ME, fr. MF compiler , fr. L
compilare to plunder] (14c)
1: to compose out of materials from other documents
2: to collect and edit into a volume
3: to run (as a program) through a compiler
4: to build up gradually
<compiled a record of four wins and two losses>
com.pil.er n (14c)
1: one that compiles
2: a computer program that
translates an entire set of instructions written in a higher-level
symbolic language (as Pascal) into machine language before the
instructions can be executed
com.pi.la.tion n (15c)
1: the act or process of compiling
2: something compiled
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