Synthetic is usually used in the sense of synthesis, the combination of two or more parts, whether by design or by natural processes. It can also be used as in:

• Synthetic chemical or synthetic compound, produced by Chemical synthesis
• Synthetic fiber, a fiber not made from natural (animal, plant) materials
• Synthetic language, a language type using many complex word forms
• Synthetic options position, a concept in finance
• Synthetic proposition, a concept in philosophy
• Synthesizer, a machine to create artificial sounds

In Chemistry, chemical synthesis is purposeful execution of Chemical reactions in order to get a product, or several products Synthetic fibers are the result of extensive research by Scientists to improve upon naturally occurring Animal and plant A synthetic language, in Linguistic typology, is a Language with a high Morpheme -per- word ratio In Finance, a synthetic underlying position is one that synthetically duplicates the payoff of a long underlying position with a long call and short put The analytic-synthetic distinction is a conceptual distinction used primarily in Philosophy to distinguish propositions into two types analytic propositions and

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