analysis

See also: Analysis

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/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: anal‧y‧sis

Noun

analysis (countable and uncountable, plural analyses)

(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.
(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.
(uncountable, mathematics) The mathematical study of functions, sequences, series, limits, derivatives and integrals.
- 2014, Lara Alcock, How to Think about Analysis, Oxford University Press, .
Synonym: mathematical analysis
(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 surprises.
(countable, psychology) Psychoanalysis.

Antonyms

synthesis

Hyponyms

cryptanalysis
psychoanalysis

Derived terms

abstract harmonic analysis
activation analysis
algebraic analysis
amortized analysis
analysis of algorithms
analysis of variance
analysis paralysis
analysis situs
asymptotic analysis
aura analysis
autoanalysis
bioanalysis
bowling analysis
chemical analysis
cluster analysis
cluter analysis
coanalysis
competitive analysis
complex analysis
computable analysis
computer program analysis
conceptual analysis
conformational analysis
cost benefit analysis
cost-benefit analysis
cost-benefot analysis
coverage analysis
cryptanalysis
cryptoanalysis
cytoanalysis
differential thermal analysis
dimensional analysis
discourse analysis
discrete choice analysis
eigenanalysis
electroanalysis
factor analysis
fall-off analysis
fingerprint analysis
finite element analysis
Fourier analysis
frequency analysis
functional analysis
fundamental analysis
fundamentals analysis
geometric analysis
gravimetric analysis
harmonic analysis
hypnoanalysis
independent components analysis
infinitesimal analysis
in the final analysis
in the last analysis
isotope analysis
lexical analysis
life cycle cost analysis
link quality analysis
lithic analysis
logical analysis
macroanalysis
marginal analysis
mathematical analysis
meta-analysis
metanalysis
microanalysis
mixanalysis
musical analysis
nanoanalysis
narcoanalysis
neutron activation analysis
nonstandard analysis
northern blot analysis
Northern blot analysis
numerical analysis
object-oriented analysis and design
operational analysis
overanalysis
path quality analysis
preanalysis
principal components analysis
psychoanalysis
qualitative analysis
quantitative analysis
radioanalysis
real analysis
reanalysis
Schenkerian analysis
schizoanalysis
self-analysis
semantic analysis
sentiment analysis
Southern blot analysis
spectral analysis
static code analysis
statistical analysis
steganalysis
stratoanalysis
structured analysis
subanalysis
surface analysis
syntax analysis
system analysis
systems analysis
technical analysis
teleoanalysis
thermal analysis
time-series analysis
transactional analysis
underanalysis
uranalysis
use-wear analysis
voice analysis
volumetric analysis
Western blot analysis
western blot analysis

Related terms

analyse, analyze
analyst
analyte
analytic

Translations

decomposition into components in order to study

Albanian: analizë (sq) f
Arabic: تَحْلِيل‎ (ar) m (taḥlīl)
Armenian: վերլուծություն (hy) (verlucutʿyun)
Azerbaijani: analiz (az), təhlil (az)
Belarusian: ана́ліз m (análiz), дасле́даванне n (dasljédavannje), разбо́р m (razbór)
Bengali: বিশ্লেষণ (bn) (biśleṣôṇô)
Bulgarian: ана́лиз (bg) m (análiz)
Catalan: anàlisi (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 分析 (fan¹ sik¹)
Mandarin: 分析 (zh) (fēnxī)
Min Nan: 分析 (zh-min-nan) (hun-sek)
Crimean Tatar: talil, analiz
Czech: analýza (cs) f, rozbor (cs) m
Danish: analyse (da) c
Dutch: analyse (nl) f, ontleding (nl) f
Esperanto: analizo (eo), analizado
Estonian: analüüs
Finnish: analyysi (fi), erittely (fi)
French: analyse (fr) f
Galician: análise (gl) f
Georgian: ანალიზი (ka) (analizi)
German: Analyse (de) f
Greek: ανάλυση (el) f (análysi)
Hebrew: ניתוח \\ נִתּוּחַ‎ (he) m (nitúakh)
Hindi: विश्लेषण (hi) m (viśleṣaṇ)
Hungarian: elemzés (hu), analízis (hu)
Icelandic: greining f
Indonesian: analisis (id)
Irish: anailís, anailísiú m
Italian: analisi (it) f
Japanese: 分析 (ja) (ぶんせき, bunseki)
Kazakh: талдау (kk) (taldau), анализ (analiz), саралау (saralau)
Khmer: វិភាគ (km) (viphiək), វិកប្ប (km) (vikap)
Korean: 분석(分析) (ko) (bunseok)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: شیکاری‎ (şîkarî), تاوتوێکاری‎ (tawtwêkarî)
Kyrgyz: талдоо (ky) (taldoo), анализ (ky) (analiz)
Lao: ການວິເຄາະ (lo) (kān wi khǫ)
Latin: analysis f
Latvian: analīze f
Lithuanian: analizė (lt) f
Macedonian: анали́за f (analíza)
Manx: bun-ronsaghey
Maori: tātarihanga
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: задлал (mn) (zadlal)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: analyse (no) m
Nynorsk: analyse m
Occitan: analisi (oc) f
Pashto: تحليل‎ (ps) m (tahlīl), تجزيه‎ (ps) f (tajziya)
Persian: تحلیل‎ (fa) (tahlil), تجزیه‎ (fa) (tajziye)
Polish: analiza (pl) f
Portuguese: análise (pt) f
Romanian: analiză (ro) f
Russian: ана́лиз (ru) m (análiz), иссле́дование (ru) n (isslédovanije), разбо́р (ru) m (razbór)
Sanskrit: विश्लेषण (sa) n (viśleṣaṇa)
Scottish Gaelic: mion-rannsachadh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: анали́за f
Roman: analíza (sh) f
Slovak: analýza f, rozbor m
Slovene: analiza f
Spanish: análisis (es) m
Swedish: analys (sv) c
Tagalog: suri, pagsusuri (tl)
Tajik: таҳлил (tg) (tahlil), таҷзия (tg) (tajziya), анализ (analiz)
Tamil: பகுப்பாய்வு (ta) (pakuppāyvu)
Telugu: విశ్లేషణ (te) (viślēṣaṇa)
Thai: การวิเคราะห์ (th) (gaan-wí-krɔ́)
Turkish: analiz (tr), tahlil (tr), çözümleme (tr)
Turkmen: derňew, analiz (tk)
Ukrainian: ана́ліз (uk) m (análiz), дослі́дження (uk) n (doslídžennja), ро́збір m (rózbir), розбі́р m (rozbír)
Urdu: تحلیل‎ (tahlīl), تجزیہ‎ (tajziyā)
Uyghur: تەھلىل‎ (tehlil), ئانالىز‎ (analiz)
Uzbek: analiz (uz), tahlil (uz)
Vietnamese: phân tích (vi) (分析)
Welsh: dadansoddiad m

result of such process

Esperanto: analizo (eo)
Finnish: analyysi (fi), erittely (fi), eritelmä
German: Analyse (de) f
Polish: analiza (pl) f
Spanish: análisis (es) m

in mathematics

Arabic: تَحْلِيل رِيَاضِيّ‎ m (taḥlīl riyāḍiyy)
Belarusian: ана́ліз m (análiz), разбо́р m (razbór)
Bulgarian: ана́лиз (bg) m (análiz)
Catalan: anàlisi matemàtica f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 分析 (zh) (fēnxī), 解析學／解析学 (zh) (jiěxīxué)
Crimean Tatar: talil, analiz
Czech: analýza (cs) f
Danish: analyse (da) c
Dutch: analyse (nl) f
Esperanto: analitiko (eo)
Estonian: analüüs
Finnish: analyysi (fi)
French: analyse (fr) f
Galician: análise (gl) f
German: Analysis (de) f
Greek: ανάλυση (el) f (análysi)
Hungarian: analízis (hu)
Icelandic: stærðfræðigreining f, stærðfræðileg greining f, greining f
Italian: analisi (it) f
Japanese: 解析学 (ja) (かいせきがく, kaisekigaku)
Korean: 해석학(解析學) (haeseokhak)
Lithuanian: analizė (lt) f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: analyse (no) m
Polish: analiza (pl) f
Portuguese: análise (pt) f
Romanian: analiză (ro) f
Russian: ана́лиз (ru) m (análiz), разбо́р (ru) m (razbór)
Scottish Gaelic: mion-rannsachadh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: анали́за f
Roman: analíza (sh) f
Spanish: análisis (es) m
Swedish: analys (sv) c
Tagalog: suri
Turkish: analiz (tr)
Ukrainian: ана́ліз (uk) m (análiz), ро́збір m (rózbir), розбі́р m (rozbír)

logic: proof by deduction from known truths

Albanian: analizë (sq) f
Belarusian: ана́ліз m (análiz)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 解析 (zh) (jiěxī)
Finnish: analyysi (fi), looginen analyysi
Japanese: 解析 (ja) (かいせき, kaiseki) (method), 分析判断 (ぶんせきはんだん, bunseki-handan) (philosophical analysis)
Korean: 해석(解析) (ko) (haeseok)
Polish: analiza (pl) f
Romanian: analiză (ro) f
Russian: ана́лиз (ru) m (análiz)
Scottish Gaelic: mion-rannsachadh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: анали́за f
Roman: analíza (sh) f
Tagalog: suri
Turkish: analiz (tr)
Ukrainian: ана́ліз (uk) m (análiz)

chemistry: process of breaking down a substance or the result of this process

Arabic: تَحْلِيلْ مُخْتَبَرِيّ‎ m (taḥlīl muḵtabariyy)
Belarusian: ана́ліз m (análiz), расклада́нне n (raskladánnje), разлажэ́нне n (razlažénnje)
Bulgarian: разла́гане (bg) n (razlágane)
Catalan: anàlisi (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 分析 (zh) (fēnxī)
Crimean Tatar: talil, analiz
Czech: rozbor (cs) m, analýza (cs) f
Danish: analyse (da) c
Dutch: analyse (nl) f
Finnish: analyysi (fi)
French: analyse (fr)
Galician: análise (gl) f
German: Analyse (de) f
Greek: ανάλυση (el) f (análysi)
Italian: analisi (it)
Japanese: 分析 (ja) (ぶんせき, bunseki)
Korean: 분석(分析) (ko) (bunseok)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: analyse (no) m
Persian: تجزیه‎ (fa) (tajziye)
Polish: analiza (pl) f
Portuguese: análise (pt) f
Romanian: analiză (ro) f
Russian: ана́лиз (ru) m (análiz), разложе́ние (ru) n (razložénije)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: анали́за f
Roman: analíza (sh) f
Spanish: análisis (es)
Swedish: analys (sv) c
Telugu: విశ్లేషణము (viślēṣaṇamu)
Turkish: analiz (tr)
Ukrainian: ана́ліз (uk) m (análiz), розклада́ння n (rozkladánnja)
Welsh: dadansoddiad m

analytical study of music

Finnish: analyysi (fi), musiikkianalyysi

psychoanalysis — see psychoanalysis

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Interlingua: ^{(please verify)} analyse

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

(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, i-stem).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	analysis	analysēs analyseis
Genitive	analysis analyseōs analysios	analysium
Dative	analysī	analysibus
Accusative	analysim analysin analysem¹	analysēs analysīs
Ablative	analysī analyse¹	analysibus
Vocative	analysis analysi	analysēs analyseis

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

Descendants

Catalan: anàlisi
Danish: analyse
Dutch: analyse
English: analysis
French: analyse
- Romanian: analiză
German: Analyse
Indonesian: analisis
Irish: anailís
Italian: analisi
Norwegian Bokmål: analyse
Occitan: analisi
Portuguese: análise
Russian: ана́лиз m (análiz)
Swedish: analys
Spanish: análisis m
- Tagalog: análisís