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noun(anal-y-sis)a detailed examination of anything complex in order to understand its nature or to determine its essential features : a thorough study
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noun(anal-y-sis)a statement of such an examination
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noun(anal-y-sis)separation of a whole into its component parts
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noun phrase(anal-y-sis)analysis of variation in an experimental outcome and especially of a statistical variance in order to determine the contributions of given factors or variables to the variance
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noun(anal-y-sis)topology
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noun(anal-y-sis)neutron activation analysis
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noun(anal-y-sis)a statistical classification technique for discovering whether the individuals of a population fall into different groups by making quantitative comparisons of multiple characteristics
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noun(anal-y-sis)analysis of the manifest and latent content of a body of communicated material (such as a book or film) through a classification, tabulation, and evaluation of its key symbols and themes in order to ascertain its meaning and probable effect
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noun(anal-y-sis)the study of linguistic relations and structures in discourse
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noun(anal-y-sis)the analytical process of transforming statistical data (such as measurements) into linear combinations of usually independent variables
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noun(anal-y-sis)the process of using the terms of a Fourier series to find a function that approximates periodic data
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noun(anal-y-sis)the expression of a periodic function as a sum of sines and cosines and specifically by a Fourier series