1. 综合;结合;结合体
A synthesis of different ideas or styles is a mixture or combination of these ideas or styles.

2. (通过化学或生物反应进行的)合成
The synthesis of a substance is the production of it by means of chemical or biological reactions.

1. reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)

Synonym: deductiondeductive reasoning

2. the combination of ideas into a complex whole

Synonym: synthetic thinking

3. the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds)