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analysis
/əˈnælɪsɪs/
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Stress the second syllable.
Stress NAL. The singular ends with an s sound; compare analyses, whose ending sounds like eez.
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“A careful analysis of the results.”
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noun
- Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory, etc.).
- The result of such a process.
- 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.
More meanings (4)
noun
- 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.
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/əˈnælɪsɪs/
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The spirit of analysis, that untiring Satan who continually questions and denies, must sooner or later look for proof of religious dogmas.
In the last analysis the value of manners lies in the fact that they are the voucher of a life of leisure.
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But for purposes of analysis, and setting the wholeness of æsthetic impression aside for a moment, we can intellectually so separate them.
The new believers are very definitely set upon a thorough analysis of the nature and growth of the Christian creeds and ideas.
The author subjected the contents of the stomach of one patient to quite an extensive analysis, without finding any abnormality of secretion.