Added 6 October 2026
analysis
/əˈnælɪsɪs/ noun
In Latin: analysis Wiktionary
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Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory, etc.).
comparative analysis
- The result of such a process.
- A broad field of study in modern mathematics (often mentioned alongside algebra) which developed out of the calculus, concerned with the behavior of functions, sequences, series, limits, metric spaces, measures and more.
Origin
From Medieval Latin analysis, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (análusis), from ἀναλύω (analúō, “to unravel, investigate”), from ἀνα- (ana-, “thoroughly”) + λύω (lúō, “to loosen”).
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