The reduction or separation of an object or substance into constituent parts or elements; decomposition, disintegration, dispersion. Formerly…

The action of resolve, v. (in various senses); an instance of this.

The dissection or dividing of anything material or immaterial, for the purpose of examining its parts; detailed examination, analysis.

The resolution or breaking up of a complex whole into its basic elements or constituent parts; (in early use often) spec. the resolution of an…

The action or practice of performing an analysis. Also: an instance of this; an analysis.

The action or process of breaking up a whole into its component parts; unravelling, dissolution; (Logic) = analysis, n. 3.

Reduction to principles or elemental parts; decomposition or analysis of a substance. Obsolete. rare.

The action of breaking up or separating; dissolution; bringing to an end.

The action or process of analysing; analysis.

Decomposition, resolution (of forces).

The action or process of decomposing, separation or resolution (of anything) into its constituent… Used of the separation of substances into their…

The breaking up or separation of something into constituent parts; (also) the absence or failure of integrated working of separate parts within a…