/
əˈnalɪsɪs/
n.
(pl. analyses
/-siːz/
)
- a detailed examination of something in order to interpret or explain it.
- the process of separating something into its constituent elements. Often contrasted with synthesis.
▸the process of analysing the chemical constituents of a substance.
- short for psychoanalysis.
- Mathematics the part of mathematics concerned with the theory of functions and the use of limits, continuity, and the operations of calculus.
Etymology
C16: via med. L. from Gk analusis, from analuein ‘unloose’.