synthesis

noun syntheses

1. countable, uncountable The formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things. In its synthesis of different art forms and various techniques, Tongues Untied actually represented a departure for Riggs, whose previous work […] had been in a relatively traditional documentary format.
2. countable, uncountable Creation of a complex waveform by summation of simpler waveforms.
3. countable, uncountable The reaction of elements or compounds to form more complex compounds.
4. countable, uncountable A deduction from the general to the particular, by applying the rules of logic to a premise.
5. countable, uncountable The combination of thesis and antithesis.
6. countable, uncountable In intelligence usage, the examining and combining of processed information with other information and intelligence for final interpretation.
7. countable, rhetoric, uncountable An apt arrangement of elements of a text, especially for euphony.
8. countable, uncountable The uniting of ideas into a sentence.
9. countable, uncountable The reunion of parts that have been divided.
10. countable, uncountable An Ancient Roman dining-garment. The Saturnalia was apparently the only occasion, however, when the synthesis could be worn in public with decorum.

Opposite: analysis