• Finnish: synteesi
• trreq Japanese
• Russian: синтез

• Finnish: synteesi
• French: synthèse
• Japanese: 総合判断
• Russian: синтез

• ttbc German: Synthese
• ttbc Greek: σύνθεση
• ttbc Portuguese: síntese
• ttbc Spanish: síntesis
• ttbc Swedish: syntes
• ttbc Turkish: sentez

The term synthesis (from the ancient Greek σύν [with] and θεσις [placing]) is used in many fields, usually to mean a process which combines two or more pre-existing elements and results in something new.

Synthesis may refer to:

• Sound synthesis, various methods of sound generation in audio electronics

e.g.:

• subtractive synthesis
• frequency modulation synthesis

• Photosynthesis, the conversion of light energy into chemical energy by living organisms.
• Dehydration synthesis
• Chemical synthesis, the execution of chemical reactions to form a more complex molecule from chemical precursors

• Organic synthesis, the synthesis of organic compounds
• Peptide synthesis, a special case
• Total synthesis, the complete chemical synthesis of complex organic compounds, usually without the aid of biological processes
• Biosynthesis, that occurs in living organisms

• A cognitive skill in Benjamin Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives.
• In electronic design automation, logic synthesis, the process of converting a high-level design into a low-level implementation.
• In philosophy, the end result of a dialectic as in thesis, antithesis, synthesis
• In philosophy and science, a higher a priori process than analysis
• Synthesis (magazine), a web site and magazine covering popular culture

See also

• Analysis - the converse of synthesis
• Synthesizer (disambiguation)

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