analysis
the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
this process as a method of studying the nature of something or of determining its essential features and their relations: the grammatical analysis of a sentence.
a presentation, usually in writing, of the results of this process: The paper published an analysis of the political situation.
a philosophical method of exhibiting complex concepts or propositions as compounds or functions of more basic ones.
Mathematics.
an investigation based on the properties of numbers.
the discussion of a problem by algebra, as opposed to geometry.
the branch of mathematics consisting of calculus and its higher developments.
a system of calculation, as combinatorial analysis or vector analysis.
a method of proving a proposition by assuming the result and working backward to something that is known to be true.: Compare synthesis (def. 4).
Chemistry.
intentionally produced decomposition or separation of materials into their ingredients or elements, as to find their kind or quantity.
the ascertainment of the kind or amount of one or more of the constituents of materials, whether obtained in separate form or not.: Compare qualitative analysis, quantitative analysis.
Computers. systems analysis.
Origin of analysis
1Other words from analysis
- mis·a·nal·y·sis, noun, plural mis·a·nal·y·ses.
- o·ver·a·nal·y·sis, noun, plural o·ver·a·nal·y·ses.
- re·a·nal·y·sis, noun, plural re·a·nal·y·ses.
Words Nearby analysis
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How to use analysis in a sentence
Sediment analyses suggest ancient people reached the lake during a dry stretch when the region’s rivers and lakes were shrinking.
Seven footprints may be the oldest evidence of humans on the Arabian Peninsula | Bruce Bower | September 17, 2020 | Science NewsThe robot lives inside the silo and dives into its contents when it’s time to offer analysis.
Crover’s robot swims in grain silos to monitor environmental conditions | Brian Heater | September 17, 2020 | TechCrunchThat rate charged is unusually high for a rental home in the area, according to an analysis of local real estate listings.
Trump’s businesses charged Secret Service more than $1.1 million, including for rooms in club shuttered for pandemic | David Fahrenthold, Josh Dawsey | September 17, 2020 | Washington PostO’Brien, appearing on CBS’s “Face the Nation” that Sunday, offered a starkly different public analysis than the one he had shared privately with the president just days earlier.
Ten days: After an early coronavirus warning, Trump is distracted as he downplays threat | Ashley Parker, Josh Dawsey, Yasmeen Abutaleb | September 17, 2020 | Washington PostFor this analysis, we’ll study the ten highest-market-cap tech companies in the Nasdaq 100.
Will tech stocks stumble or slide? What the fundamentals tell us | Shawn Tully | September 16, 2020 | Fortune
analysis of the 2014 vote showed that Democrats had been hurt by an abrupt drop in Latino turnout.
Once successfully in, I can see my Hash 160 and Taint analysis, among other things.
Jeff Stier is Director of the Risk analysis Division, of the National Center for Public Policy Research.
“How the Faithful Voted: 2012 Preliminary analysis,” at the Pew Forum.
"It could be anything," said Costin Raiu, director of Kaspersky Lab's Global Research and analysis Team.
analysis and practice in preparation are the steps over which we must climb to the platform of power.
Expressive Voice Culture | Jessie Eldridge SouthwickRecollective analysis, or analysis for the purpose of helping to learn by heart, is not an originating or manufacturing process.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)It is either thoughtless repetition, or thoughtful analysis that he must use.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)At all events, let him if possible learn each of the three Groups by his own analysis, looking at my work afterwards.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)Now the practice of Interrogative analysis compels such persons to interrogate—to propose questions—to think.
Assimilative Memory | Marcus Dwight Larrowe (AKA Prof. A. Loisette)
British Dictionary definitions for analysis
/ (əˈnælɪsɪs) /
the division of a physical or abstract whole into its constituent parts to examine or determine their relationship or value: Compare synthesis (def. 1)
a statement of the results of this
short for psychoanalysis
chem
the decomposition of a substance into its elements, radicals, or other constituents in order to determine the kinds of constituents present (qualitative analysis) or the amount of each constituent (quantitative analysis)
the result obtained by such a determination
linguistics the use of word order together with word function to express syntactic relations in a language, as opposed to the use of inflections: Compare synthesis (def. 4)
maths the branch of mathematics principally concerned with the properties of functions, largely arising out of calculus
philosophy (in the writings of Kant) the separation of a concept from another that contains it: Compare synthesis (def. 6a)
in the last analysis, in the final analysis or in the ultimate analysis after everything has been given due consideration
Origin of analysis
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Scientific definitions for analysis
[ ə-năl′ĭ-sĭs ]
The separation of a substance into its constituent elements, usually by chemical means, for the study and identification of each component.♦ Qualitative analysis determines what substances are present in a compound.♦ Quantitative analysis determines how much of each substance is present in a compound.
A branch of mathematics concerned with limits and convergence and principally involving differential calculus, integral calculus, sequences, and series.
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