Both Uses of
synthesis
in
Do You Speak American?
- We had to remember, however, that this was speech not assembled from words previously recorded by a real person but synthesized from artificial components.†
Chpt 8 *synthesized = combined components into a complex wholestandard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
- It is obviously much harder to get machines to match the amazing human understanding of speech than it is to simulate or synthesize speech, as we saw in Cliff Nass's lab at Stanford.†
Chpt 8synthesize = combine components into a complex wholestandard suffix: The suffix "-ize" converts a word to a verb. This is the same pattern you see in words like apologize, theorize, and dramatize.
Definitions:
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(1)
(synthesis) the combination of components into a complex whole
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
Specialized Definitions of synthesis:- chemistry: producing a chemical compound from simpler substances
- philosophy: the result of an effort to reconcile thesis and antithesis
- music (in the form synthesizer): an electronic keyboard instrument used to create music or other sounds