"syn" meaning in English

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Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-syn.wav
Etymology: From Greek συν- (syn-, “with, together”), having the same function as co- (“synthesis, synoptic”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|el|συν-|t=with, together}} Greek συν- (syn-, “with, together”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} syn (not comparable)
  1. (chemistry) That has a torsion angle between 0° and 90°. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Chemistry Coordinate_terms: anti [chemistry, physical-sciences, natural-sciences]
    Sense id: en-syn-en-adj-9RHsKS3n Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, West Frisian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 75 8 17 Disambiguation of West Frisian entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 1 3 1 0 1 5 1 2 1 2 5 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 1 4 0 2 1 1 2 3 3 4 1 2 3 3 1 1 2 2 0 1 2 0 5 5 5 2 0 1 5 1 1 1 1 4 5 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-syn.wav Forms: more syn [comparative], most syn [superlative], synth [alternative]
Etymology: Clipping of synthetic. Etymology templates: {{clipping of|en|synthetic}} Clipping of synthetic. Head templates: {{en-adj}} syn (comparative more syn, superlative most syn)
  1. Abbreviation of synthetic. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: synthetic
    Sense id: en-syn-en-adj-W15KVtFI
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-syn.wav Forms: syns [plural], syn. [alternative]
Etymology: Clipping of synonym. Etymology templates: {{clipping of|en|synonym}} Clipping of synonym. Head templates: {{en-noun}} syn (plural syns)
  1. Abbreviation of synonym. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of Alternative form of: synonym
    Sense id: en-syn-en-noun-snWpjNmW
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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