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Analyses

Analysis \A*nal"y*sis\, n.; pl. Analyses. [Gr. ?, fr. ? to unloose, to dissolve, to resolve into its elements; ? up + ? to loose. See Loose.]

  1. A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the component parts of a subject, each separately, as the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune, or the simple propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to synthesis.

  2. (Chem.) The separation of a compound substance, by chemical processes, into its constituents, with a view to ascertain either

    1. what elements it contains, or

    2. how much of each element is present. The former is called qualitative, and the latter quantitative analysis.

  3. (Logic) The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles.

  4. (Math.) The resolving of problems by reducing the conditions that are in them to equations.

    1. A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order.

    2. A brief, methodical illustration of the principles of a science. In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis.

  5. (Nat. Hist.) The process of ascertaining the name of a species, or its place in a system of classification, by means of an analytical table or key.

    Ultimate, Proximate, Qualitative, Quantitative, and Volumetric analysis. (Chem.) See under Ultimate, Proximate, Qualitative, etc.

Wiktionary
analyses

Etymology 1 n. (plural of analysis English) Etymology 2

vb. (en-third-person singular of: analyse)

WordNet
analyses

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analysis
  1. n. an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole

  2. the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations [syn: analytic thinking] [ant: synthesis]

  3. a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed

  4. the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father'

  5. a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation

  6. a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud; "his physician recommended psychoanalysis" [syn: psychoanalysis, depth psychology]

  7. [also: analyses (pl)]

Usage examples of "analyses".

He'd heard about the Warlords, read the ONI analyses and appreciations of the class, even seen them destroyed in combat with units under his own command.

But as I say, I've had my own people looking at both the analyses she's presented to us and the raw data on which those analyses are based, and their conclusions are quite different from hers.

God knows you and I both see enough of that, even when the people doing the analyses are scared to death of us and know exactly what we want to hear!

It was their job to collate all available data, to make the best possible analyses and, on that basis, project the enemy's options and probable intentions for the handful of men and women charged with devising the Royal Manticoran Navy's responses and strategy.

Givens was its head, and he knew she kept a firm hand on the reins, yet the analyses handed to him represented the consensus of a bureaucracy (or as close to a consensus as ONI's sometimes fractious analysts could come), which might or might not be identical with the views of its head.

But while the firing solutions for that sort of attack against something as small and agile as a Shrike were, indeed, difficult to generate, the odds of success were much better than prebattle analyses had projected, and it took only a single one of them to kill an LAC.

His Grayson commission had taken him out of the mainstream of the Star Kingdom's political life, but Mirdula's insights and a thoughtful study of the 'faxes (plus the analyses Grayson Naval Intelligence circulated to its senior officers) kept him abreast of what was happening, and he didn't like some of what he was hearing.

What I'm afraid of is that that may make him less skeptical about Tourville's post-battle analyses than he ought to be.

He'd actually seemed to believe she enjoyed the way the newsies hung about her like vultures, and he'd looked astounded when she'd expressed her opinion (with rather more precision and vigor than diplomacy) of him, his "analyses," and the batch of intellectually myopic, ideologically blinkered, and ethically crippled mental defectives for whom he produced his carefully tailored version of the war's events rather than taking the opportunity to play the "woman in the know" game.

There were also rumors about fundamental disagreements between her and Janacek over his plans to restructure the Navy's intelligence priorities, but her greatest sin had been her refusal to slant her analyses at ONI to say what her civilian superiors wanted them to say.

Not that having several competing analyses might not offer its own advantages, since a rigorous debate was probably the best way to get at the actual truth.

Those same interfaces made reference works, histories, lecture notes, syllabuses, official after action reports, analyses of past campaigns, and class schedules instantly available to students, as well as delivering student course work and exams equally instantly to instructors.

She'd reminded herself how often Benjamin's analyses of political and social dynamics had proved superior to her own.

After all, since no one had even hinted to them that these ships existed, they could hardly have factored them into their analyses, now could they?

He only had to glance through the intelligence reports and the analyses of the incredibly stupid policies Janacek and High Ridge had instigated since assuming power to know that.