AN APPROACH TO THE DIALECTIC

In textbooks of the history of philosophy, the dialectical method is commonly represented as consisting in the triadic movement of thought from an original position or thesis to an opposite position or antithesis and then from the antithesis to a synthesis in which the thesis and antithesis are reconciled on a higher level. In the synthesis, thesis and antithesis are said to be 'sublated'. (Young, W. Hegel's Dialectical Method 1972: 7-8)

From here I suggest you follow through a number of definitions which you can follow through from one page to the next
Adorno Opening Page
Kroner's definition of dialectic.
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