Английский разговорный словарь (основной) - synthetic

sɪnˈθetɪk adj. & n. --adj. 1 made by chemical synthesis, esp. to imitate a natural product (synthetic rubber). 2 (of emotions etc.) affected, insincere. 3 Logic (of a proposition) having truth or falsity determinable by recourse to experience (cf. ANALYTIC 3). 4 Philol. using combinations of simple words or elements in compounded or complex words (cf. ANALYTICAL). --n. Chem. a synthetic substance. øsynthetic resin Chem. see RESIN n. 2. øøsynthetical adj. synthetically adv. [F synth÷tique or mod.L syntheticus f. Gk sunthetikos f. sunthetos f. suntithemi (as SYN-, tithemi put)]