All 5 Uses
synthetic
in
Cyberstorm
(Edited)
- Opening my eyes, I saw Lauren sitting on a chair next to the bed, wrapped up in a flower-patterned synthetic blanket she'd adopted.
p. 200.2 *synthetic = of man-made rather than natural fibers
- We'd been talking about her project she needed funding for, some amazing research into synthetic reality.
p. 346.1synthetic = artificial (man-made rather than natural)
- It was a reception to celebrate the launch of Synthetic Sensory Incorporated, the company I'd started with Dr. Patricia Killiam.
p. 347.2
- "We're looking for complementary technology start-ups to get involved, to locate their headquarters on our first floating citystate," said Kesselring, "and we would like Synthetic Sensory to be one of the first to make this commitment."
p. 351.4
- You know why, and we'd very much like you to get involved in the next stage of our synthetic intelligence program as well.
p. 351.6
Definitions:
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(1)
(synthetic) artificial (man-made rather than natural); or not genuine
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) A comprehensive dictionary will have more specialized definitions of synthetic which are used in such fields as Philosophy and Linguistics.