synthetic

relating to or involving synthesis : not, analytic

attributing to a subject something determined by observation rather than analysis of the nature of the subject and not resulting in self-contradiction if negated

characterized by frequent and systematic use of inflected forms to express grammatical relationships

something resulting from synthesis rather than occurring naturally; especially : a product (such as a drug or plastic) of chemical synthesis

a simplified method for dividing a polynomial by another polynomial of the first degree by writing down only the coefficients of the several powers of the variable and changing the sign of the constant term in the divisor so as to replace the usual subtractions by additions