analysis
anal.y.sis \*-'nal-*-s*s\ \-'nal-*-.se-z\ n or anal.y.ses [NL, fr. Gk, fr.
analyein to break up, fr. ana- + lyein to lo] pl osen - more at LOSE 1:
separation of a whole into its component parts 2a: an examination of a
complex, its elements, and their relations 2b: a statement of such an
analysis 3: the use of function words instead of inflectional forms as a
characteris tic device of a language 4a: the identification or separation
of ingredients of a substance 4b: a statement of the constituents of a
mixture 5a: proof of a mathematical proposition by assuming the result and
deducing a valid statement by a series of reversible steps 5b1: a branch
of mathematics concerned mainly with functions and limits 5b2: CALCULUS b
6a: a method in philosophy of resolving complex expressions into simpler or
more basic ones 6b: clarification of an expression by an elucidation of
its use in discourse 7: PSYCHOANALYSIS