Definitions for analysis
analysis
a·nal·y·sis
Spelling: [uh-nal-uh-sis]
IPA: /əˈnæl ə sɪs/
Analysis is a 8 letter English word.
It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points.
It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.
You can make 190 anagrams from letters in analysis (aailnssy).
Definitions for analysis
noun
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the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
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this process as a method of studying the nature of something or of determining its essential features and their relations:
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a presentation, usually in writing, of the results of this process:
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a philosophical method of exhibiting complex concepts or propositions as compounds or functions of more basic ones.
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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).
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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.
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psychoanalysis.
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Computers. systems analysis.
Origin of analysis
1575-85; New Latin Greek, equivalent to analȳ́(ein) to loosen up (ana- ana- + lȳ́ein to loosen) + -sis -sis
Examples for analysis
He punched the private wire to analysis for the fourth time that morning.
analysis of the 2014 vote showed that Democrats had been hurt by an abrupt drop in Latino turnout.
CAREFULLY SEPARATE OPINION AND analysis FROM STRAIGHT NEWS STORIES... AND CLEARLY LABEL EVERYTHING... 8.
In a corner office they found the analysis man, pale but jubilant.
analysis, first of all, and egotism, and therefore no faith.
"It could be anything," said Costin Raiu, director of Kaspersky Lab's Global Research and analysis Team.
analysis searched every wound of humanity, in order to expose its horror.
Daniel Sullivan and von Wachter, Till (2009): Job Displacement and Mortality: An analysis Using Administrative Data.
analysis and record, for future use, of lessons learned by experience.
analysis of the fact that Ryan can lie the way he does requires the skills of a psychologist.