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Definition of Analyst

1. Noun. Someone who is skilled at analyzing data.

2. Noun. An expert who studies financial data (on credit or securities or sales or financial patterns etc.) and recommends appropriate business actions.

3. Noun. A licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis.

Definition of Analyst

1. n. One who analyzes; formerly, one skilled in algebraical geometry; now commonly, one skilled in chemical analysis.

Definition of Analyst

1. Noun. someone who analyzes ¹

2. Noun. (mathematics) a mathematician who studies real analysis ¹

3. Noun. (computing) a systems analyst ¹

4. Noun. (psychiatry) a practitioner of psychoanalysis ¹

5. Noun. a chemical analyst; a financial analyst; a business analyst ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Analyst

1. one that analyzes [n -S] - See also: analyzes

Medical Definition of Analyst

1. One who analyzes; formerly, one skilled in algebraical geometry; now commonly, one skilled in chemical analysis. Origin: F. Analyste. See Analysis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Analyst

analysability analysable analysand analysands analysation analyse analysed analyser analysers analyses

analysing analysis analysis of variance analysis paralysis analysis situs analyst (current term) analyst programmer analysts analyte analytes

analytic analytic chemistry analytic continuation analytic continuations analytic function analytic geometry analytic mechanics analytic philosophy analytic psychiatry analytic study

Literary usage of Analyst

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cements, Limes, and Plasters: Their Materials, Manufacture, and Properties by Edwin Clarence Eckel (1922)
"Bedford, Ind. TW Smith, analyst. 28th Ann. Rep. Indiana Dept. Geology, p. 256. Indiana Dept. Geology, p. 256. Limes of this type slake rapidly when water is ..."

2. Food Inspection and Analysis: For the Use of Public Analysts, Health by Albert Ernest Leach (1920)
"Thus a wide field is open to the analyst of foods outside the domain of the ... Functions of the Official analyst.—The public analyst is employed by city, ..."

3. Cements, Limes, and Plasters: Their Materials, Manufacture, and Properties by Edwin Clarence Eckel (1905)
"C. Stubbs, analyst. 3. Standard Lime Co.. Fort Payne, Ala. AD Brainerd, analyst. 20th Hep. US Gcol. Sur, 4. Alton, Ills. SE Swartz, analyst. 20th Hep. ..."

4. Pharmaceutical and Food Analysis: A Manual of Standard Methods for the by Azor Thurston (1922)
"analyst, 1879, 4, 51. —Valuation of Milk Solids Instead of a Limit of Standard. ... analyst, 1918, 43, 263-267. —A New Formula for the Calculation of Added ..."

5. Time Study and Job Analysis as Applied to Standardization of Methods and by William Otto Lichtner (1921)
"Need of Experienced analyst Probably in no other line of business can the ... The trained analyst, on. the contrary, plans his work so as to enlist the help ..."

6. Foods: Their Composition and Analysis: A Manual for the Use of Analytical by Alexander Wynter Blyth (1896)
"Hence, it follows that an analyst for a small place must either have private means or that bis chief occupation must be of a more remunerative nature; ..."

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