Definition of "analysis" []

• The separation of an intellectual or material whole into its constituent parts for individual study. (noun)
• The study of such constituent parts and their interrelationships in making up a whole. (noun)
• A spoken or written presentation of such study: published an analysis of poetic meter. (noun)
• Chemistry The separation of a substance into its constituent elements to determine either their nature (qualitative analysis) or their proportions (quantitative analysis). (noun)
• Chemistry The stated findings of such a separation or determination. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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