analysis
/əˈnælɪsɪs/ noun B1- Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory, etc.). · comparative analysis
- The result of such a process.
- A broad field of study in modern mathematics (often mentioned alongside algebra) which developed out of the calculus, concerned with the behavior of functions, sequences, series, limits, metric spaces, measures and more.
- Proof by deduction from known truths.
- The process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts, or the result of this process.
- The analytical study of melodies, harmonies, sequences, repetitions, variations, quotations, juxtapositions, and surprises.
- Psychoanalysis.
Plural analyses
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Directly afterwards the distant sound of a heavy weight falling on the ground was heard, but no one paid any attention to it; the nurse was engaged in watching the chemical analysis, and Villefort was still absorbed in grief.
There is our result—and a very workmanlike little bit of analysis it was!”
Like all other arts, the Science of Deduction and Analysis is one which can only be acquired by long and patient study nor, is life long enough to allow any mortal to attain the highest possible perfection in it.
Deceit, according to him, was an impossibility in the case of one trained to observation and analysis.
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