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Definition of Analysis
1. Noun. An investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole.
Specialized synonyms: Anatomy, Case Study, Chemical Analysis, Qualitative Analysis, Cost Analysis, Dissection, Fundamental Analysis, Fundamentals Analysis, Technical Analysis, Technical Analysis Of Stock Trends
Derivative terms: Analytical, Analyze
2. Noun. The abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations.
Generic synonyms: Abstract Thought, Logical Thinking, Reasoning
Specialized synonyms: Breakdown, Partitioning, Cost-benefit Analysis, Dissection, Elimination, Reasoning By Elimination, Reductionism, Systems Analysis, Trend Analysis
Derivative terms: Analytic, Analytical, Analyze
Antonyms: Synthesis
3. Noun. A form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed.
4. Noun. The use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., 'the father of the bride' instead of 'the bride's father'.
5. Noun. A branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation.
Generic synonyms: Calculus, Infinitesimal Calculus
Specialized synonyms: Fourier Analysis, Harmonic Analysis
Derivative terms: Analytic
6. Noun. A set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud. "His physician recommended psychoanalysis"
Examples of category: Abreaction, Catharsis, Katharsis, Anal Personality, Anal Retentive Personality, Genital Personality, Oral Personality, Ego, Superego, Id, Introjection, Pleasure Principle, Pleasure-pain Principle, Pleasure-unpleasure Principle, Reality Principle, Introject, Ego Ideal, Imago, Condensation, Transference, Latent Content, Complex, Libido, Penis Envy, Death Instinct, Death Wish, Thanatos, Libidinal Energy, Cathexis, Charge, Acathexis, Psychosexual Development, Anaclisis, Castration Anxiety, Anal Phase, Anal Stage, Genital Phase, Genital Stage, Latency Period, Latency Phase, Latency Stage, Oral Phase, Oral Stage, Phallic Phase, Phallic Stage, Abreact, Anal, Anal Retentive, Oral, Cathectic
Generic synonyms: Psychotherapy
Specialized synonyms: Hypnoanalysis
Derivative terms: Analyze, Psychoanalytic, Psychoanalytical
Definition of Analysis
1. n. A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the component parts of a subject, each separately, as the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune, or the simple propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to synthesis.
Definition of Analysis
1. Noun. (countable of a thing, concept, theory, or similar) A process of dismantling or separating into constituent elements in order to study the nature, function, or meaning. ¹
2. Noun. The result of such a process. ¹
3. Noun. (uncountable mathematics) The mathematical study of functions, sequences, series, limits, derivatives and integrals. ¹
4. Noun. (countable logic) Proof by deduction from known truths. ¹
5. Noun. (countable chemistry) The process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts, or the result of this process. ¹
6. Noun. (countable psychology) Psychoanalysis. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Analysis
1. the separation of a whole into its parts [n -YSES]
Medical Definition of Analysis
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Analysis
Literary usage of Analysis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Analytical Chemistry by Frederick Pearson Treadwell (1921)
"Qualitative analysis PART I. GENERAL PRINCIPLES Analytical Chemistry covers all
those ... Analytical Chemistry is subdivided into Qualitative analysis and ..."
2. The Montessori Method: Scientific Pedagogy as Applied to Child Education in by Maria Montessori, Henry Wyman Holmes (1912)
"I have tried a means for the introduction of such analysis, limiting this work
to the rectangle and making use of a game which includes the analysis without ..."
3. Bulletin by Thomas Corwin Mendenhall, Marcus Baker, Smithsonian Institution, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, United States Geographic Board (1890)
"Limestone (analysis No. 43), in broken and weathered beds 6 . 6 3. ...
Limestone (analysis No. 57), dark and light gray, overlaid by two feet of chert with ..."
4. The Journal of Science (1864)
"One of the earliest applications of the prism to chemical analysis was that of
... It was really spectrum-analysis. M. Morren followed up the researches of ..."
5. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1898)
"A SHORT COURSE IN INORGANIC QUALITATIVE analysis FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS. ...
In the part devoted to the analysis of complex mixtures the student receives ..."
6. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"Now, when one who has been trained in the Cartesian analysis approaches the new
... What is the true relation of space- analysis to the Cartesian analysis? ..."
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