3. (Rhet.) A figure by which synonymous words are used to amplify a
discourse.
Syn*op"sis (?), n.; pl. Synopses (#). [L., from Gr. &?;; sy`n with,
together + &?; a sight, view, from the root seen in E. optic.] A
general view, or a collection of heads or parts so arranged as to
exhibit a general view of the whole; an abstract or summary of a
discourse; a syllabus; a conspectus.
That the reader may see in one view the exactness of the method, as
well as force of the argument, I shall here draw up a short
synopsis of this epistle.
Bp. Warburton.
Syn. -- Abridgment; compendium; epitome; abstract; summary; syllabus;
conspectus. See Abridgment.
{ Syn*op"tic (?), Syn*op"tic*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?;: cf. F. synoptique.
See Synopsis.] Affording a general view of the whole, or of the
principal parts of a thing; as, a synoptic table; a synoptical
statement of an argument. "The synoptic Gospels." Alford. --
Syn*op"tic*al*ly, adv.
Syn*op"tic, n. One of the first three Gospels of the New Testament. See
Synoptist.
Syn*op"tist (?), n. Any one of the authors of the three synoptic
Gospels, which give a history of our Lord's life and ministry, in
distinction from the writer of John's Gospel, which gives a fuller
record of his teachings.
Syn*os`te*ol"o*gy (?), n. [Pref. syn- + Gr. &?; bone + -logy.] That
part of anatomy which treats of joints; arthrology.
||Syn*os`te*o"sis (?), n.; pl. Synosteoses (#). [NL., fr. Gr. sy`n with
||+ &?; bone.] (Anat.) Union by means of bone; the complete closing up
||and obliteration of sutures.
||Syn`os*to"sis (?), n. [NL.] Same as Synosteosis.
||Syn*o"vi*a (?), n. [NL., perhaps fr. Gr. sy`n with + L. ovum egg: cf.
||F. synovie.] (Anat.) A transparent, viscid, lubricating fluid which
||contains mucin and secreted by synovial membranes; synovial fluid.
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Syn*o"vi*al (?), a. [Cf. F. synovial.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to
synovia; secreting synovia.
Synovial capsule, a closed sac of synovial membrane situated between
the articular surfaces at diarthrodial joints. -- Synovial fluid,
synovia. -- Synovial membrane, the dense and very smooth connective
tissue membrane which secretes synovia and surrounds synovial capsules
and other synovial cavities.
||Syn`o*vi"tis (?), n. [NL. See Synovia, -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of
||the synovial membrane.
Syn*pel"mous (?), a. [Pref. syn- + &?; the sole of the foot.] (Zoöl.)
Having the two main flexor tendons of the toes blended together.
Syn*sep"al*ous (?), a. [Pref. syn- + sepal.] (Bot.) Having united
sepals; gamosepalous.
{ Syn*tac"tic (?), Syn*tac"tic*al (?), } a. [Cf. G. &?; putting
together. See Syntax.] Of or pertaining to syntax; according to the
rules of syntax, or construction. -- Syn*tac"tic*al*ly, adv.
Syn"tax (?), n. [L. syntaxis, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to put together in
order; sy`n with + &?; to put in order; cf. F. syntaxe. See Syn-, and
Tactics.] 1. Connected system or order; union of things; a number of
things jointed together; organism. [Obs.]
They owe no other dependence to the first than what is common to
the whole syntax of beings.
Glanvill.
2. That part of grammar which treats of the construction of sentences;
the due arrangement of words in sentences in their necessary relations,
according to established usage in any language.
||Syn*tax"is (?), n. Syntax. [R.] B. Jonson.
Syn`te*re"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; preservation, fr. &?; to
preserve; sy`n with + &?; to guard.] 1. (Med.) Prophylaxis. [Obs.]
2. (Metaph.) Conscience viewed as the internal repository of the laws
of duty. Whewell.
Syn`te*ret"ic (?), a. [Gr. &?;.] (Med.) Preserving health;
prophylactic. [Obs.]
Syn`te*ret"ics (?), n. (Med.) That department of medicine which relates
to the preservation of health; prophylaxis. [Obs.]
Syn*ther"mal (?), a. [Pref. syn- + thermal.] Having the same degree of
heat.
Syn"the*sis (?), n.; pl. Syntheses (#). [L., a mixture, properly, a
putting together, Gr. &?;, fr. &?; to place or put together; sy`n with
+ &?; to place. See Thesis.] 1. Composition, or the putting of two or
more things together, as in compounding medicines.
2. (Chem.) The art or process of making a compound by putting the
ingredients together, as contrasted with analysis; thus, water is made
by synthesis from hydrogen and oxygen; hence, specifically, the
building up of complex compounds by special reactions, whereby their
component radicals are so grouped that the resulting substances are
identical in every respect with the natural articles when such occur;
thus, artificial alcohol, urea, indigo blue, alizarin, etc., are made
by synthesis.
3. (Logic) The combination of separate elements of thought into a
whole, as of simple into complex conceptions, species into genera,
individual propositions into systems; -- the opposite of analysis.
Analysis and synthesis, though commonly treated as two different
methods, are, if properly understood, only the two necessary parts
of the same method. Each is the relative and correlative of the
other.
Sir W. Hamilton.
Syn"the*sist (?), n. One who employs synthesis, or who follows
synthetic methods.
Syn"the*size (?), v. t. 1. To combine by synthesis; to unite.