The definition of the word analysis

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Analysis (PL: analyses) is the process of breaking a complex topic or substance into smaller parts in order to gain a better understanding of it. The technique has been applied in the study of mathematics and logic since before Aristotle (384–322 B.C.), though analysis as a formal concept is a relatively recent development.^[1]

The word comes from the Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (analysis, «a breaking-up» or «an untying;» from ana- «up, throughout» and lysis «a loosening»).^[2] From it also comes the word’s plural, analyses.

As a formal concept, the method has variously been ascribed to Alhazen,^[3] René Descartes (Discourse on the Method), and Galileo Galilei. It has also been ascribed to Isaac Newton, in the form of a practical method of physical discovery (which he did not name).

The converse of analysis is synthesis: putting the pieces back together again in a new or different whole.

Applications[edit]

Science[edit]

The field of chemistry uses analysis in three ways: to identify the components of a particular chemical compound (qualitative analysis),^[4] to identify the proportions of components in a mixture (quantitative analysis),^[5] and to break down chemical processes and examine chemical reactions between elements of matter.^[6] For an example of its use, analysis of the concentration of elements is important in managing a nuclear reactor, so nuclear scientists will analyze neutron activation to develop discrete measurements within vast samples. A matrix can have a considerable effect on the way a chemical analysis is conducted and the quality of its results. Analysis can be done manually or with a device.

Types of Analysis:

A) Qualitative Analysis: It is concerned with which components are in a given sample or compound.

Example: Precipitation reaction

B) Quantitative Analysis: It is to determine the quantity of individual component present in a given sample or compound.

Example: To find concentration by uv-spectrophotometer.

Isotopes[edit]

Chemists can use isotope analysis to assist analysts with issues in anthropology, archeology, food chemistry, forensics, geology, and a host of other questions of physical science. Analysts can discern the origins of natural and man-made isotopes in the study of environmental radioactivity.

Business[edit]

• Financial statement analysis – the analysis of the accounts and the economic prospects of a firm
• Financial analysis – refers to an assessment of the viability, stability, and profitability of a business, sub-business or project
• Gap analysis – involves the comparison of actual performance with potential or desired performance of an organization
• Business analysis – involves identifying the needs and determining the solutions to business problems
• Price analysis – involves the breakdown of a price to a unit figure
• Market analysis – consists of suppliers and customers, and price is determined by the interaction of supply and demand
• Sum-of-the-parts analysis – method of valuation of a multi-divisional company
• Opportunity analysis – consists of customers trends within the industry, customer demand and experience determine purchasing behavior

Computer science[edit]

• Requirements analysis – encompasses those tasks that go into determining the needs or conditions to meet for a new or altered product, taking account of the possibly conflicting requirements of the various stakeholders, such as beneficiaries or users.
• Competitive analysis (online algorithm) – shows how online algorithms perform and demonstrates the power of randomization in algorithms
• Lexical analysis – the process of processing an input sequence of characters and producing as output a sequence of symbols
• Object-oriented analysis and design – à la Booch
• Program analysis (computer science) – the process of automatically analysing the behavior of computer programs
• Semantic analysis (computer science) – a pass by a compiler that adds semantical information to the parse tree and performs certain checks
• Static code analysis – the analysis of computer software that is performed without actually executing programs built from that
• Structured systems analysis and design methodology – à la Yourdon
• Syntax analysis – a process in compilers that recognizes the structure of programming languages, also known as parsing
• Worst-case execution time – determines the longest time that a piece of software can take to run

Economics[edit]

• Agroecosystem analysis
• Input–output model if applied to a region, is called Regional Impact Multiplier System

Engineering[edit]

Analysts in the field of engineering look at requirements, structures, mechanisms, systems and dimensions. Electrical engineers analyse systems in electronics. Life cycles and system failures are broken down and studied by engineers. It is also looking at different factors incorporated within the design.

Intelligence[edit]

The field of intelligence employs analysts to break down and understand a wide array of questions. Intelligence agencies may use heuristics, inductive and deductive reasoning, social network analysis, dynamic network analysis, link analysis, and brainstorming to sort through problems they face. Military intelligence may explore issues through the use of game theory, Red Teaming, and wargaming. Signals intelligence applies cryptanalysis and frequency analysis to break codes and ciphers. Business intelligence applies theories of competitive intelligence analysis and competitor analysis to resolve questions in the marketplace. Law enforcement intelligence applies a number of theories in crime analysis.

Linguistics[edit]

Linguistics explores individual languages and language in general. It breaks language down and analyses its component parts: theory, sounds and their meaning, utterance usage, word origins, the history of words, the meaning of words and word combinations, sentence construction, basic construction beyond the sentence level, stylistics, and conversation. It examines the above using statistics and modeling, and semantics. It analyses language in context of anthropology, biology, evolution, geography, history, neurology, psychology, and sociology. It also takes the applied approach, looking at individual language development and clinical issues.

Literature[edit]

Literary criticism is the analysis of literature. The focus can be as diverse as the analysis of Homer or Freud. While not all literary-critical methods are primarily analytical in nature, the main approach to the teaching of literature in the west since the mid-twentieth century, literary formal analysis or close reading, is. This method, rooted in the academic movement labelled The New Criticism, approaches texts – chiefly short poems such as sonnets, which by virtue of their small size and significant complexity lend themselves well to this type of analysis – as units of discourse that can be understood in themselves, without reference to biographical or historical frameworks. This method of analysis breaks up the text linguistically in a study of prosody (the formal analysis of meter) and phonic effects such as alliteration and rhyme, and cognitively in examination of the interplay of syntactic structures, figurative language, and other elements of the poem that work to produce its larger effects.

Mathematics[edit]

Modern mathematical analysis is the study of infinite processes. It is the branch of mathematics that includes calculus. It can be applied in the study of classical concepts of mathematics, such as real numbers, complex variables, trigonometric functions, and algorithms, or of non-classical concepts like constructivism, harmonics, infinity, and vectors.

Florian Cajori explains in A History of Mathematics (1893) the difference between modern and ancient mathematical analysis, as distinct from logical analysis, as follows:

The terms synthesis and analysis are used in mathematics in a more special sense than in logic. In ancient mathematics they had a different meaning from what they now have. The oldest definition of mathematical analysis as opposed to synthesis is that given in [appended to] Euclid, XIII. 5, which in all probability was framed by Eudoxus: «Analysis is the obtaining of the thing sought by assuming it and so reasoning up to an admitted truth; synthesis is the obtaining of the thing sought by reasoning up to the inference and proof of it.»

The analytic method is not conclusive, unless all operations involved in it are known to be reversible. To remove all doubt, the Greeks, as a rule, added to the analytic process a synthetic one, consisting of a reversion of all operations occurring in the analysis. Thus the aim of analysis was to aid in the discovery of synthetic proofs or solutions.

James Gow uses a similar argument as Cajori, with the following clarification, in his A Short History of Greek Mathematics (1884):

The synthetic proof proceeds by shewing that the proposed new truth involves certain admitted truths. An analytic proof begins by an assumption, upon which a synthetic reasoning is founded. The Greeks distinguished theoretic from problematic analysis. A theoretic analysis is of the following kind. To prove that A is B, assume first that A is B. If so, then, since B is C and C is D and D is E, therefore A is E. If this be known a falsity, A is not B. But if this be a known truth and all the intermediate propositions be convertible, then the reverse process, A is E, E is D, D is C, C is B, therefore A is B, constitutes a synthetic proof of the original theorem. Problematic analysis is applied in all cases where it is proposed to construct a figure which is assumed to satisfy a given condition. The problem is then converted into some theorem which is involved in the condition and which is proved synthetically, and the steps of this synthetic proof taken backwards are a synthetic solution of the problem.

Music[edit]

• Musical analysis – a process attempting to answer the question «How does this music work?»
  • Musical Analysis is a study of how the composers use the notes together to compose music. Those studying music will find differences with each composer’s musical analysis, which differs depending on the culture and history of music studied. An analysis of music is meant to simplify the music for you.^[7]
• Schenkerian analysis
  • Schenkerian analysis is a collection of music analysis that focuses on the production of the graphic representation. This includes both analytical procedure as well as the notational style.^[8] Simply put, it analyzes tonal music which includes all chords and tones within a composition.^[7]

Philosophy[edit]

• Philosophical analysis – a general term for the techniques used by philosophers
  • Philosophical analysis refers to the clarification and composition of words put together and the entailed meaning behind them.^[9] Philosophical analysis dives deeper into the meaning of words and seeks to clarify that meaning by contrasting the various definitions. It is the study of reality, justification of claims, and the analysis of various concepts. Branches of philosophy include logic, justification, metaphysics, values and ethics. If questions can be answered empirically, meaning it can be answered by using the senses, then it is not considered philosophical. Non-philosophical questions also include events that happened in the past, or questions science or mathematics can answer.^[9]
• Analysis is the name of a prominent journal in philosophy.

Psychotherapy[edit]

• Psychoanalysis – seeks to elucidate connections among unconscious components of patients’ mental processes
• Transactional analysis
  • Transactional analysis is used by therapists to try to gain a better understanding of the unconscious. It focuses on understanding and intervening human behavior.^[10]

Policy[edit]

• Policy analysis – The use of statistical data to predict the effects of policy decisions made by governments and agencies
  • Policy analysis includes a systematic process to find the most efficient and effective option to address the current situation.^[11]
• Qualitative analysis – The use of anecdotal evidence to predict the effects of policy decisions or, more generally, influence policy decisions

Signal processing[edit]

• Finite element analysis – a computer simulation technique used in engineering analysis
• Independent component analysis
• Link quality analysis – the analysis of signal quality
• Path quality analysis
• Fourier analysis

Statistics[edit]

In statistics, the term analysis may refer to any method used
for data analysis. Among the many such methods, some are:

• Analysis of variance (ANOVA) – a collection of statistical models and their associated procedures which compare means by splitting the overall observed variance into different parts
• Boolean analysis – a method to find deterministic dependencies between variables in a sample, mostly used in exploratory data analysis
• Cluster analysis – techniques for finding groups (called clusters), based on some measure of proximity or similarity
• Factor analysis – a method to construct models describing a data set of observed variables in terms of a smaller set of unobserved variables (called factors)
• Meta-analysis – combines the results of several studies that address a set of related research hypotheses
• Multivariate analysis – analysis of data involving several variables, such as by factor analysis, regression analysis, or principal component analysis
• Principal component analysis – transformation of a sample of correlated variables into uncorrelated variables (called principal components), mostly used in exploratory data analysis
• Regression analysis – techniques for analysing the relationships between several predictive variables and one or more outcomes in the data
• Scale analysis (statistics) – methods to analyse survey data by scoring responses on a numeric scale
• Sensitivity analysis – the study of how the variation in the output of a model depends on variations in the inputs
• Sequential analysis – evaluation of sampled data as it is collected, until the criterion of a stopping rule is met
• Spatial analysis – the study of entities using geometric or geographic properties
• Time-series analysis – methods that attempt to understand a sequence of data points spaced apart at uniform time intervals

Other[edit]

• Aura analysis – a technique in which supporters of the method claim that the body’s aura, or energy field is analysed
• Bowling analysis – Analysis of the performance of cricket players
• Lithic analysis – the analysis of stone tools using basic scientific techniques
  • Lithic analysis is most often used by archeologists in determining which types of tools were used at a given time period pertaining to current artifacts discovered.^[12]
• Protocol analysis – a means for extracting persons’ thoughts while they are performing a task

See also[edit]

• Formal analysis
• Metabolism in biology
• Methodology
• Scientific method

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Analysis at the Indiana Philosophy Ontology Project
• «Analysis» entry in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
• Analysis at PhilPapers

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Medieval Latin analysis, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis), from ἀναλύω (analúō, “I unravel, investigate”), from ἀνα- (ana-, “thoroughly”) + λύω (lúō, “I loosen”).

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /əˈnælɪsɪs/, /əˈnæləsɪs/
• Hyphenation: anal‧y‧sis

Noun[edit]

analysis (countable and uncountable, plural analyses)

1. (countable) Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory etc.).

   • 2013 July-August, Philip J. Bushnell, “Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance”, in American Scientist:

     Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.

   • 2023 March 8, Gareth Dennis, “The Reshaping of things to come…”, in RAIL, number 978, page 48:

     Beeching is more disparaging about suburban services beyond the capital, and I think here lies one of the most critical shortcomings in his analysis. By not considering the potential for these cities to grow, both on their own merits and in response to London’s limitations, he failed to future-proof these types of service, limiting them in favour of long-distance services.

2. (countable) The result of such a process.

   • 1988, Andrew Radford, Transformational grammar: a first course, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, page 214:

     Thus, in a sequence such as [French English teacher], since English is closer to
     the Head Noun teacher, it must be a Complement; and since French is further
     away from teacher, it must be an Attribute. Hence, we correctly predict that
     the only possible interpretation for [a French English teacher] is ‘a person who
     teaches English who is Frenchʼ. So our analysis not only has semantic plausi-
     bility; but in addition it has independent syntactic support.

3. (uncountable, mathematics) The mathematical study of functions, sequences, series, limits, derivatives and integrals.
   • 2014, Lara Alcock, How to Think about Analysis, Oxford University Press, [1].

   Synonym: mathematical analysis

4. (countable, logic) Proof by deduction from known truths.
5. (countable, chemistry) The process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts, or the result of this process.
6. (uncountable, music) The analytical study of melodies, harmonies, sequences, repetitions, variations, quotations, juxtapositions, and surprises.
7. (countable, psychology) Psychoanalysis.

Antonyms[edit]

• synthesis

Hyponyms[edit]

• cryptanalysis
• psychoanalysis

Derived terms[edit]

[edit]

• analyse, analyze
• analyst
• analyte
• analytic

Translations[edit]

See also[edit]

• List of terms used in mathematical analysis

Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis), from ἀναλύω (analúō, “I unravel, investigate”), from ἀνά (aná, “on, up”) + λύω (lúō, “I loosen”).

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈna.ly.sis/, [äˈnälʲʏs̠ɪs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aˈna.li.sis/, [äˈnäːlis̬is]

Noun[edit]

analysis f (genitive analysis or analyseōs or analysios); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin, mathematics) analysis

Declension[edit]

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

Descendants[edit]

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a·nal·y·sis

 (ə-năl′ĭ-sĭs)

n. pl. a·nal·y·ses (-sēz′)

1.

a. The separation of an intellectual or material whole into its constituent parts for individual study.

b. The study of such constituent parts and their interrelationships in making up a whole.

c. A spoken or written presentation of such study: published an analysis of poetic meter.

2. Chemistry

a. The separation of a substance into its constituent elements to determine either their nature (qualitative analysis) or their proportions (quantitative analysis).

b. The stated findings of such a separation or determination.

3. Mathematics

a. A branch of mathematics principally involving differential and integral calculus, sequences, and series and concerned with limits and convergence.

b. The method of proof in which a known truth is sought as a consequence of a series of deductions from that which is the thing to be proved.

4. Linguistics The use of function words such as prepositions, pronouns, or auxiliary verbs instead of inflectional endings to express a grammatical relationship; for example, the cover of the dictionary instead of the dictionary’s cover.

5. Psychoanalysis.

6. Systems analysis.

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[Medieval Latin, from Greek analusis, a dissolving, from analūein, to undo : ana-, throughout; see ana- + lūein, to loosen; see leu- in Indo-European roots.]

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analysis

(əˈnælɪsɪs)

n, pl -ses (-ˌsiːz)

1. the division of a physical or abstract whole into its constituent parts to examine or determine their relationship or value. Compare synthesis¹

2. a statement of the results of this

4. (Chemistry) chem

a. 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)

b. the result obtained by such a determination

5. (Linguistics) 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 synthesis⁴

6. (Mathematics) maths the branch of mathematics principally concerned with the properties of functions, largely arising out of calculus

7. (Philosophy) philosophy (in the writings of Kant) the separation of a concept from another that contains it. Compare synthesis^6a

8. in the last analysis in the final analysis in the ultimate analysis after everything has been given due consideration

[C16: from New Latin, from Greek analusis, literally: a dissolving, from analuein, from ana- + luein to loosen]

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a•nal•y•sis

(əˈnæl ə sɪs)

n., pl. -ses (-ˌsiz)

1. the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).

2. this process as a method of studying the nature of something or of determining its essential features and their relations.

3. a presentation, usu. in writing, of the results of this process.

4.

a. an investigation based on the properties of numbers.

b. the discussion of a problem by algebra, as opposed to geometry.

c. the branch of mathematics consisting of calculus and its higher developments.

5.

a. intentionally produced decomposition or separation of materials into their ingredients or elements, as to find their kind or quantity.

b. the ascertainment of the kind or amount of one or more of the constituents of materials.

[1575–85; < New Latin < Greek, =analy(ein) to loosen up (ana- ana- + lyein to loosen) + -sis -sis]

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a·nal·y·sis

(ə-năl′ĭ-sĭs)

Plural analyses (ə-năl′ĭ-sēz′)

The separation of a substance into its parts, 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.

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analysis

In intelligence usage, a step in the processing phase of the intelligence cycle in which information is subjected to review in order to identify significant facts for subsequent interpretation. See also intelligence cycle.

Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.

analysis

the process of separating a whole into its parts to discover their function, relationship, etc. See also logic; psychology.

See also: Thinking

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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	analysis — an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole investigating, investigation — the work of inquiring into something thoroughly and systematically anatomy — a detailed analysis; «he studied the anatomy of crimes» case study — a detailed analysis of a person or group from a social or psychological or medical point of view chemical analysis, qualitative analysis — the act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements cost analysis — breaking down the costs of some operation and reporting on each factor separately dissection — detailed critical analysis or examination one part at a time (as of a literary work) fundamental analysis, fundamentals analysis — (stock exchange) the use of fundamentals as an investment strategy technical analysis, technical analysis of stock trends — (stock exchange) analysis of past price changes in the hope of forecasting future price changes
	2.	analysis — the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations analytic thinking abstract thought, logical thinking, reasoning — thinking that is coherent and logical partitioning, breakdown — an analysis into mutually exclusive categories cost-benefit analysis — an analysis of the cost effectiveness of different alternatives in order to see whether the benefits outweigh the costs dissection — a minute and critical analysis reasoning by elimination, elimination — analysis of a problem into alternative possibilities followed by the systematic rejection of unacceptable alternatives reductionism — the analysis of complex things into simpler constituents systems analysis — analysis of all aspects of a project along with ways to collect information about the operation of its parts trend analysis — analysis of changes over time synthetic thinking, synthesis — the combination of ideas into a complex whole
	3.	analysis — a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed literary criticism, criticism — a written evaluation of a work of literature
	4.	analysis — the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride’ instead of `the bride’s father’ expressive style, style — a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; «all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper»
	5.	analysis — a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation math, mathematics, maths — a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement infinitesimal calculus, calculus — the branch of mathematics that is concerned with limits and with the differentiation and integration of functions Fourier analysis, harmonic analysis — analysis of a periodic function into a sum of simple sinusoidal components
	6.	analysis — 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» depth psychology, psychoanalysis abreaction, catharsis, katharsis — (psychoanalysis) purging of emotional tensions psychotherapy — the treatment of mental or emotional problems by psychological means hypnoanalysis — the use of hypnosis in conjunction with psychoanalysis anal personality, anal retentive personality — (psychoanalysis) a personality characterized by meticulous neatness and suspicion and reserve; said to be formed in early childhood by fixation during the anal stage of development (usually as a consequence of toilet training) genital personality — (psychoanalysis) the mature personality which is not dominated by infantile pleasure drives oral personality — (psychoanalysis) a personality characterized either by generous optimism or aggressive and ambitious selfishness; formed in early childhood by fixation during the oral stage of development ego — (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind superego — (psychoanalysis) that part of the unconscious mind that acts as a conscience id — (psychoanalysis) primitive instincts and energies underlying all psychic activity introjection — (psychoanalysis) the internalization of the parent figures and their values; leads to the formation of the superego pleasure principle, pleasure-pain principle, pleasure-unpleasure principle — (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the id; the principle that an infant seeks gratification and fails to distinguish fantasy from reality reality principle — (psychoanalysis) the governing principle of the ego; the principle that as a child grows it becomes aware of the real environment and the need to accommodate to it introject — (psychoanalysis) parental figures (and their values) that you introjected as a child; the voice of conscience is usually a parent’s voice internalized ego ideal — (psychoanalysis) the part of the ego that contains an ideal of personal excellence toward which a person strives imago — (psychoanalysis) an idealized image of someone (usually a parent) formed in childhood condensation — (psychoanalysis) an unconscious process whereby two ideas or images combine into a single symbol; especially in dreams transference — (psychoanalysis) the process whereby emotions are passed on or displaced from one person to another; during psychoanalysis the displacement of feelings toward others (usually the parents) is onto the analyst latent content — (psychoanalysis) hidden meaning of a fantasy or dream complex — (psychoanalysis) a combination of emotions and impulses that have been rejected from awareness but still influence a person’s behavior libido — (psychoanalysis) a Freudian term for sexual urge or desire penis envy — (psychoanalysis) a female’s presumed envy of the male’s penis; said to explain femininity death instinct, death wish, Thanatos — (psychoanalysis) an unconscious urge to die libidinal energy — (psychoanalysis) psychic energy produced by the libido cathexis, charge — (psychoanalysis) the libidinal energy invested in some idea or person or object; «Freud thought of cathexis as a psychic analog of an electrical charge» acathexis — (psychoanalysis) a lack of cathexis; a condition in which significant objects or memories arouse no emotion in an individual psychosexual development — (psychoanalysis) the process during which personality and sexual behavior mature through a series of stages: first oral stage and then anal stage and then phallic stage and then latency stage and finally genital stage anaclisis — (psychoanalysis) relationship marked by strong dependence on others; especially a libidinal attachment to e.g. a parental figure castration anxiety — (psychoanalysis) anxiety resulting from real or imagined threats to your sexual functions; originally applied only to men but can in principle apply to women anal phase, anal stage — (psychoanalysis) the second sexual and social stage of a child’s development during which bowel control is learned genital phase, genital stage — (psychoanalysis) the fifth sexual and social stage in a person’s development occurring during adolescence; interest focuses on sexual activity latency period, latency phase, latency stage — (psychoanalysis) the fourth period (from about age 5 or 6 until puberty) during which sexual interests are supposed to be sublimated into other activities oral phase, oral stage — (psychoanalysis) the first sexual and social stage of an infant’s development; the mouth is the focus of the libido and satisfaction comes from suckling and chewing and biting phallic phase, phallic stage — (psychoanalysis) the third stage in a child’s development when awareness of and manipulation of the genitals is supposed to be a primary source of pleasure abreact — discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization anal retentive, anal — a stage in psychosexual development when the child’s interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc. oral — a stage in psychosexual development when the child’s interest is concentrated in the mouth; fixation at this stage is said to result in dependence, selfishness, and aggression

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analysis

noun

2. examination, test, division, inquiry, investigation, resolution, interpretation, breakdown, scanning, separation, evaluation, scrutiny, sifting, anatomy, dissolution, dissection, assay, perusal, anatomization They collect blood samples for analysis at the laboratory.

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analysis

noun

1. The separation of a whole into its parts for study:

2. A close or systematic study:

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Translations

تحليلتـَحْليلتَحْلِيلتحليل رياضيتحليل مختبري

anàlisi

analýzarozborpsychoanalýza

analysepsykoanalyse

analitikoanalizo

analüüs

analyysi

analiza

analíziselemzés

greiningsálgreining

分析分析判断解析解析学

분석

analitikasanalitinisanalizėpsichoanalitikaspsichoanalizė

analīzepsihoanalīze

analýzarozbor

analizapresoja

analys

การวิเคราะห์

quá trình phân tích

analysis

[əˈnælɪsɪs] N (analyses (pl)) [əˈnælisiːz]

1. (= study) → análisis m inv
in the final or last or ultimate analysis → a fin de cuentas

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analysis

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analysis

[əˈnæləsɪs] n (analyses (pl)) [əˈnælɪsiːz] → analisi f inv (Psych) → (psic)analisi f inv
in the last analysis → in ultima analisi

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analysis

(əˈnӕləsis) – plural aˈnalyses (-siːz) – noun

1. (a) detailed examination of something (a sentence, a chemical compound etc) especially by breaking it up into the parts of which it is made up. The chemist is making an analysis of the poison; close analysis of the situation.

2. (especially American) psycho-analysis. He is undergoing analysis for his emotional problems.

analyse (ˈӕnəlaiz) , (American) analyze verb

to examine the nature of (something) especially by breaking up (a whole) into parts. The doctor analysed the blood sample.

analyst (ˈӕnəlist) noun

1. a person who analyses. a chemical analyst.

2. (especially American) a psychiatrist.

analytical (ӕnəˈlitikl) adjective

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analysis

→ تـَحْليل analýza analyse Analyse ανάλυση análisis analyysi analyse analiza analisi 分析 분석 analyse analyse analiza análise анализ analys การวิเคราะห์ çözümleme quá trình phân tích 分析

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a·nal·y·sis

n. análisis, prueba;

accumulation ___ → ___ de acumulación;

amino acid ___ → ___ de aminoácido;

bite ___ → ___ de la mordida;

breath ___ → ___ del aliento;

cephalometric ___ → ___ cefalométrico;

character ___ → ___ del carácter;

cost ___ → ___ de costos;

data ___ → ___ de datos;

dream ___ → ___ de los sueños;

gastric ___ → ___ gástrico;

hair ___ → ___ del pelo;

qualitative ___ → ___ cualitativo;

quantitative ___ → ___ cuantitativo.

English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

analysis

n (pl -ses) análisis m; (psych, fam) psicoanálisis m, análisis m (fam); semen — análisis de semen

English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.

What do we mean by analysis?

The separation of an intellectual or material whole into its constituent parts for individual study. noun

The study of such constituent parts and their interrelationships in making up a whole. noun

A spoken or written presentation of such study. noun

The separation of a substance into its constituent elements to determine either their nature (qualitative analysis) or their proportions (quantitative analysis). noun

The stated findings of such a separation or determination. noun

A branch of mathematics principally involving differential and integral calculus, sequences, and series and concerned with limits and convergence. noun

The method of proof in which a known truth is sought as a consequence of a series of deductions from that which is the thing to be proved. noun

The use of function words such as prepositions, pronouns, or auxiliary verbs instead of inflectional endings to express a grammatical relationship; for example, the cover of the dictionary instead of the dictionary’s cover. noun

Psychoanalysis. noun

Systems analysis. noun

In cricket, an itemized record of the play of the bowler, intended to show particularly the number of runs scored by him and the number of wickets obtained. noun

In chem., intentionally produced decomposition: often applied to the ascertainment of the composition of a substance, whether the constituents are actually obtained in separate form or not. noun

The resolution or separation of anything which is compound, as a conception, a sentence, a material substance, or an event, into its constituent elements or into its causes; decomposition. noun

The regressive scientific method of discovery; research into causes; induction. noun

In mathematics: Originally, and still frequently, a regressive method, said to have been invented by Plato, which first assumes the conclusion and gradually leads back to the premises. noun

Algebraical reasoning, in which unknown quantities are operated upon in order to find their values. noun

The treatment of problems by a consideration of infinitesimals, or something equivalent, especially by the differential calculus (including the integral calculus, the calculus of variations, etc.): often called infinitesimal analysis. This is the common meaning of the word in modern times. noun

Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory etc.).

The result of such a process.

The mathematical study of functions, sequences, series, limits, derivatives and integrals.

Proof by deduction from known truths.

The process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts, or the result of this process.

The analytical study of melodies, harmonies, sequences, repetitions, variations, quotations, juxtapositions, and surprises.

Psychoanalysis.

A special form of telekenesis that targets and inflicts pain to one’s anus. Urban Dictionary

How your boss decides important things: As explained by Scott Adams, analysis comes from the root word ANAL and the greek word YSIS, meaning «to pull numbers from.» Urban Dictionary

Analysis comes from anal (of the ass) and the ysis part correlates to kidney dialysis, in which bad stuff is removed from the body. So «analysis» would pretty much mean «talking out of one’s ass.» Urban Dictionary

Analysis is the process of breaking a complex topic or substance into smaller parts.
It has nothing to do with a disease of the anal. Urban Dictionary

When someone gives an answer or makes an observation, of an object, event or situation that has happened or could happen, covered in very good detail. Urban Dictionary

A stupid assignment that teachers and profs will give to you in an attempt to make you smarter. Urban Dictionary

Adv. The act of being a douche
especially: The act of douche baggery that involves the invention of words. Urban Dictionary

High school calculus done right™️
As a well-established branch of pure mathematics, real analysis is known for being notoriously hard. This is due to hoardes of ill-prepared students not realizing that they’ve only studied baby mathematics previously. Urban Dictionary

When someone thinks about doing something so much that they actually end up doing nothing at all. All thought no action Urban Dictionary

When something doesn’t make sense, so you need to analyze it further and figure out wtf it means. Urban Dictionary