analysis

analysis has 13 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 8.

Definitions

• n.. A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the component parts of a subject, each separately, as the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune, or the simple propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to synthesis.
• n.. The separation of a compound substance, by chemical processes, into its constituents, with a view to ascertain either (a) what elements it contains, or (b) how much of each element is present. The former is called qualitative, and the latter quantitative analysis.
• n.. The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles.
• n.. The resolving of problems by reducing the conditions that are in them to equations.
• n.. A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order.
• n.. A brief, methodical illustration of the principles of a science. In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis.
• n.. The process of ascertaining the name of a species, or its place in a system of classification, by means of an analytical table or key.
• n.. an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole
• n.. a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud; "his physician recommended psychoanalysis"
• n.. the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations
• n.. a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation
• n.. a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed