the examination and identification of the constituents of a complex whole and their relationship to one another
the determination of the chemical components of a mixture or compound or their relative amounts
a statement of such an analysis
the act or process of breaking something up into its constituent elements: compare synthesis
= psychoanalysis
a branch of mathematics concerned with the rigorous treatment of the ideas of limits, functions, calculus, etc
a method in philosophy of resolving complex expressions into simpler or more basic ones
in the final/last analysis
when everything else has been duly considered; ultimately
[via Latin from Greek analysis, from analyein to break up, from ana- + lyein to loosen]