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analysis definition

analy·sis (ə nal′ə sis)

noun pl. analyses -·ses′ (-sēz′)

    1. a separating or breaking up of any whole into its parts, esp. with an examination of these parts to find out their nature, proportion, function, interrelationship, etc.
    2. any detailed examination
  2. a statement of the results of this process
  3. psychoanalysis
  4. Linguis. the use of word order and uninflected function words rather than inflection to express syntactic relationships
  5. Math. a branch of mathematics, including calculus, that deals with functions and limits and their generalizations
  6. systems analysis

Etymology: ML < Gr, a dissolving < ana-, up, throughout + lysis, a loosing < lyein, to loose: see lose

analysis Idioms

in the last analysis

or in the final analysis
after all factors have been considered

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