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synartesis

synartesis noun: a fastening or knitting together; close union.

Noun

synartesis (uncountable)

  1. A fastening or knitting together; close union.
    • It is the object of the mechanical atomistic philosophy to confound synthesis with synartesis, or rather with mere juxtaposition of corpuscles separated by invisible interspaces.1809, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, The Friend

Origin of synartesis

From Ancient Greek a fastening together.

Questions about synartesis

What does synartesis mean?
Synartesis means a fastening or knitting together; close union.
What part of speech is synartesis?
Synartesis is a noun.

Words near synartesis in the dictionary

  1. synarchist
  2. synarchists
  3. synarchy
  4. synarcual
  5. synarcuals
  6. synartesis
  7. synartetic
  8. synarthrodia
  9. synarthrodial
  10. synarthrodially
  11. synarthroses

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