analysis
- Noun. (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.
- Noun. (countable) The result of such a process.
- Noun. (uncountable, mathematics) The mathematical study of functions, sequences, series, limits, derivatives and integrals.
- Noun. (countable, logic) Proof by deduction from known truths.
- Noun. (countable, chemistry) The process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts, or the result of this process.
- Noun. (countable, psychology) Psychoanalysis.
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