English Online Dictionary. What means analysis? What does analysis mean?
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin analysis, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis), from ἀναλύω (analúō, “I unravel, investigate”), from ἀνα- (ana-, “thoroughly”) + λύω (lúō, “I loosen”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈnælɪsɪs/, /əˈnæləsɪs/
- Hyphenation: anal‧y‧sis
- (Hong Kong) IPA(key): /æˈnɑ.lə.sɪs/
Noun
analysis (countable and uncountable, plural analyses)
- (countable) Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory etc.).
- comparative analysis
- (countable) The result of such a process.
- (uncountable, mathematics) A broad field of study in modern mathematics (often mentioned alongside algebra) which developed out of the calculus, concerned with the behavior of functions, sequences, series, limits, metric spaces, measures and more.
- Synonym: mathematical analysis
- (countable, logic) Proof by deduction from known truths.
- (countable, analytical chemistry, physical chemistry) The process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts, or the result of this process.
- (uncountable, music) The analytical study of melodies, harmonies, sequences, repetitions, variations, quotations, juxtapositions, and surprises.
- (countable, psychology) Psychoanalysis.
Antonyms
- synthesis
Hyponyms
- cryptanalysis
- psychoanalysis
Derived terms
Related terms
- analyse, analyze
- analyst
- analyte
- analytic
Translations
See also
- List of terms used in mathematical analysis
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis), from ἀναλύω (analúō, “I unravel, investigate”), from ἀνά (aná, “on, up”) + λύω (lúō, “I loosen”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /aˈna.ly.sis/, [äˈnälʲʏs̠ɪs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈna.li.sis/, [äˈnäːlis̬is]
Noun
analysis f (genitive analysis or analyseōs or analysios); third declension
- (Medieval Latin, mathematics) analysis
Declension
Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem).
1Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.