microanalysis

American  

[mahy-kroh-uh-nal-uh-sis] / ˌmaɪ kroʊ əˈnæl ə sɪs /

noun

plural

microanalyses

1. Chemistry. the analysis of very small samples of substances.

2. the detailed analysis of a sphere of behavior, as of human communication.

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microanalysis British  

/ ˌmaɪkrəʊˈænəlɪst, ˌmaɪkrəʊəˈnælɪsɪs, ˌmaɪkrəʊˌænəˈlɪtɪk /

noun

1. the qualitative or quantitative chemical analysis of very small amounts of substances

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Other Word Forms

• microanalyst noun
• microanalytic adjective
• microanalytical adjective

Etymology

Origin of microanalysis

First recorded in 1855–60; micro- + analysis

Example Sentences

Amid the fresh scholarship of recent years—the microanalysis of quill strokes, the algorithmic scrutiny of syntax—Mr. Swift’s contribution, and it’s a valuable one, is to tell the story of a building.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

A new microanalysis approach developed at Washington University helped the researchers to separate out signals in pyrite that reveal the relative influence of microbes and that of local climate.

From Science Daily • Nov. 24, 2023

MPI-DING reference glasses for in situ microanalysis: new reference values for element concentrations and isotope ratios.

From Nature • Mar. 11, 2018

He suggested that further "microanalysis" with a highly sophisticated electron microscope could "pop the question marks really quickly."

From Seattle Times • May 20, 2011

When the antibody was analyzed by those techniques of microanalysis the Service had developed, that was that.

From This World Is Taboo by Leinster, Murray