analysis meaning
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[əˈnælɪsɪs] WAnalysis
- Analysis 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.
- The word comes from the Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (analusis, "a breaking up", from ana- "up, throughout" and lysis "a loosening").
- As a formal concept, the method has variously been ascribed to Alhazen, René Descartes (Discourse on the Method), and Galileo Galilei.
- NounPLanalysesPREana-SUF-lysis
- (countable) Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory...).
- 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.
- (countable) The result of such a process.
- (uncountable, mathematics) The mathematical study of functions, sequences, series, limits, derivatives and integrals.
- (countable, logic) Proof by deduction from known truths.
- (countable, 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 surprisees.
- (countable, psychology) Psychoanalysis.
- (countable) Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory...).
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Therefore, it is very difficult to detect multiresidues and perform unknown material analysis of β-agonists by the antibody-based immunoassay methods.
- Subgroup analysis suggested that seronegativization occurs earlier in children compared to adults.
- The ANOVA analysis did not reveal any differences (F 2,12 = 3.44, p = .066) between genotypes in the level of a nonamidated peptide [ …] that served as an internal control.
- Used in the Beginning of Sentence
- Analysis of non-atretic quiescent (primordial) and growing (primary, preantral, and antral) follicle numbers revealed that immature follicles were gradually lost after chemotherapy.
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- A nonunivocal inflammatory pattern emerged from the current analysis.
- The transcriptome data were confirmed by catabolome analysis, expression of periplasmic proteins and phenotypical analysis.
- Head-movement or biological (certain vascular- or neurodiseases or cardiac output) or anatomical (lesions, variations in Circle of Willis or vascular system) causes can also influence data analysis.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of analysis in English Dictionary
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- Nouns
- Nouns with irregular plurals
- Countable nouns
- Singularia tantum
- Uncountable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Nouns with irregular plurals
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "analysis" is a noun, more specifically, a nouns with irregular plural, a countable noun and a singularia tantum.