▪ the process of separating something into its constituent elements: "the procedure is often more accurately described as one of synthesis rather than analysis"Similardissectionassaytestingbreaking downseparationreductiondecompositionrare:fractionationOppositesynthesis
▪ the identification and measurement of the chemical constituents of a substance or specimen: "samples are sent to the laboratory for analysis"
▪ the part of mathematics concerned with the theory of functions and the use of limits, continuity, and the operations of calculus.
2. short for psychoanalysis
Word Originlate 16th century: via medieval Latin from Greek analusis, from analuein ‘unloose’, from ana- ‘up’ + luein ‘loosen’.
