Synthetical

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Synthetic \Syn*thet"ic\, Synthetical \Syn*thet"ic*al\, a. [Gr.
     ?: cf. F. synth['e]tique.]
     1. Of or pertaining to synthesis; consisting in synthesis or
        composition; as, the synthetic method of reasoning, as
        opposed to analytical.
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              Philosophers hasten too much from the analytic to
              the synthetic method; that is, they draw general
              conclusions from too small a number of particular
              observations and experiments.         --Bolingbroke.
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     2. (Chem.) Artificial. Cf. {Synthesis}, 2.
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     3. (Zool.) Comprising within itself structural or other
        characters which are usually found only in two or more
        diverse groups; -- said of species, genera, and higher
        groups. See the Note under {Comprehensive}, 3.
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     {Synthetic language}, or {Synthetical language}, an
        inflectional language, or one characterized by grammatical
        endings; -- opposed to {analytic language}. --R. Morris.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  synthetical
       adj 1: involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate
              elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to
              analysis; "limnology is essentially a synthetic
              science composed of elements...that extend well beyond
              the limits of biology"- P.S.Welch [syn: {synthetic}]
              [ant: {analytic}]
       2: of a proposition whose truth value is determined by
          observation or facts; "`all men are arrogant' is a
          synthetic proposition" [syn: {synthetic}] [ant: {analytic}]