analysableanalyzableadj.
/ˈanəlʌɪzəbl/, /ˈanl̩ʌɪzəbl/, U.S. /ˌænəˈlaɪzəb(ə)l/ That is capable of being analysed (in various senses of the verb).
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the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > investigation, inspection > close examination, scrutiny > [adjective] > capable of being analysed
analysable1784
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or breaking up into constituent parts > [adjective] > separated into constituents > able to be
resoluble?a1425
dissoluble1534
dissolvable?1541
resolvible1652
discerpible1655
discerptible1667
resolvable1771
analysable1784
decomposable1784
decompoundable1797
decomponible1859
1784 R. Kirwan Elements Mineral. iv. xiii. 339 It is analysable like the former Species; the sulphur may be caught on the filter.
1851 H. Spencer Social Statics Introd. 31 Where motives are readily analyzable.
1868 Sat. Rev. 19 Dec. 794/2 One of the most curious and least analysable things in human life..[is] force of character.
1879 W. D. Whitney Sanskrit Gram. §99 The inflected forms are analysable into inflective endings..and inflected stems.
1936 S. Glasstone Recent Adv. Gen. Chem. ii. 76 With polyatomic molecules the precise calculation of thermodynamic constants from spectroscopic data is very difficult, partly because the spectra are complex and not analysable with certainty.
1968 J. Lyons Introd. Theoret. Linguistics v. 184 The word bigger is analysable into two morphs.
1986 G. Johnson Machinery of Mind Prol. 3 Acting on a hunch..unaware that you've acted out of anything more analyzable than a gut feeling.
2001 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 2 Sept. 12 It emerged that analysable fragments of DNA lasted for some 50-100,000 years, well before Man began to lead a sedentary life in agricultural settlements.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.1784