syntheses

Noun

synthesis (countable and uncountable, plural syntheses)

1. The formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things.
   • In its synthesis of different art forms and various techniques, Tongues Untied actually represented a departure for Riggs, whose previous work […] had been in a relatively traditional documentary format.1990 December 16, Phil Harper, “Affirmed”, in Gay Community News, volume 18, number 22, page 9
2. Creation of a complex waveform by summation of simpler waveforms.
3. The reaction of elements or compounds to form more complex compounds.
4. A deduction from the general to the particular, by applying the rules of logic to a premise.
5. The combination of thesis and antithesis.
6. In intelligence usage, the examining and combining of processed information with other information and intelligence for final interpretation.

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