synthesize

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Hydrocyanines are also simple and quick to synthesize, according to Coulter Department postdoctoral fellow Kousik Kundu.

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  1. transitive verb To combine so as to form a new, complex product: "His works synthesize photography, painting and linguistic devices” (Paul Taylor).
  2. transitive verb To form or produce by chemical synthesis.
  3. intransitive verb To form a synthesis.

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  • The new Kindle apparently can "read out loud"—that is speech-synthesize—its books.
  • Then he dumped the nutrient components, which were too dry to re-synthesize into anything edible. —  Analog February, 1971
  • Reconfiguration of human chemical plants to mass-synthesize the exotic materials will surely be expensive. —  Analog SFF, September 2006
  • Hydrocyanines are also simple and quick to synthesize, according to Coulter Department postdoctoral fellow Kousik Kundu. —  Media Newswire
  • It's a body of scientists that synthesize a multitude of scientific papers into their Assessment Reports. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
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/ˈsɪnθɛsaɪz/
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