"syntheses" in the noun sense
1. synthesis
the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds)
2. synthesis, synthetic thinking
the combination of ideas into a complex whole
3. deduction, deductive reasoning, synthesis
reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
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