Meaning : Involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis.
Example :
Limnology is essentially a synthetic science composed of elements...that extend well beyond the limits of biology.
Synonyms : synthetic
Using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles).
An analytic experiment.Meaning : Of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts.
Example :
`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition.
Synonyms : synthetic
Of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience.
`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition.