analysis

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Etymology[edit]

From Medieval Latin analysis, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (analusis), from ἀναλύω (analuō, I unravel, investigate), from ἀνά (ana, on, up) + λύω (luō, I loosen).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA: /əˈnælɪsɪs/, /ˈænəlɪsɪz/

Noun[edit]

Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia analysis (countable and uncountable; plural analyses)

  1. (countable, of a thing, concept, theory, or similar) A process of dismantling or separating into constituent elements in order to study the nature, function, or meaning.
  2. (countable) The result of such a process.
  3. (uncountable, mathematics) The mathematical study of functions, sequences, series, limits, derivatives and integrals.
  4. (countable, logic) Proof by deduction from known truths.
  5. (countable, chemistry) The process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts, or the result of this process.
  6. (countable, psychology) Psychoanalysis.

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (analusis), from ἀναλύω (analuō, I unravel, investigate), from ἀνά (ana, on, up) + λύω (luō, I loosen).

Noun[edit]

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:

Wikipedia la

analysis (genitive analysis); f, third declension

  1. (mathematics) analysis

Inflection[edit]

Number Singular Plural
nominative analysis analysēs
genitive analysis analysium
dative analysī analysibus
accusative analysim

analysem

analysīs

analysēs

ablative analysī

analyse

analysibus
vocative analysis analysēs

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