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{{wiktionary|synthesis}}{{TOCright}}In general, the noun synthesis (from the ancient Greek {{Polytonic|σύνθεσις}}, σύν "with" and θέσις "placing") refers to the combining of two or more entities to form something new. The corresponding verb, to synthesise (or synthesize), means to make or form a synthesis.Synthesis or synthesise may also refer to:

Science and technology

Chemistry and biochemistry

Chemical synthesis, the execution of chemical reactions to form a more complex molecule from chemical precursors
- Organic synthesis, the chemical synthesis of organic compounds
  - Total synthesis, the complete organic synthesis of complex organic compounds, usually without the aid of biological processes
  - Convergent synthesis or linear synthesis, a strategy to improve the efficiency of multi-step chemical syntheses
- Dehydration synthesis, a chemical synthesis resulting in the loss of a water molecule
Biosynthesis, the creation of an organic compound in a living organism, usually aided by enzymes
- Photosynthesis, a biochemical reaction using a carbon molecule to produce an organic molecule, using sunlight as a catalyst
- Chemosynthesis, the synthesis of biological compounds into organic waste, using methane or an oxidized molecule as a catalyst
- Amino acid synthesis, the synthesis of an amino acid from its constituents
  - Peptide synthesis, the biochemical synthesis of peptides using amino acids

Protein biosynthesis, the multi-step biochemical synthesis of proteins (long peptides)

DNA synthesis (disambiguation), several biochemical processes for making DNA
- DNA replication, DNA biosynthesis in vivo
RNA synthesis, the synthesis of RNA from nucleic acids, using another nucleic acid chain as a template
ATP synthesis, the biochemical synthesis of ATP

Electronics

the process of converting a higher-level form of a design into a lower-level implementation
- Logic synthesis
- High-level atomic synthesis

Speech and sound creation

Sound synthesis, various methods of sound generation in audio electronics
- Subtractive synthesis
- Frequency modulation synthesis
Speech synthesis, the artificial production of human speech

Humanities

in philosophy, the end result of a dialectic, as in thesis, antithesis, synthesis
a cognitive skill in Benjamin Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives.
In philosophy and science, a higher a priori process than analysis

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