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* '''analysis''' = | * '''analysis''' = | ||
** detailed examination, especially | ** detailed examination, especially of underlying elements, structures and conditions | ||
** separation of or breaking down something into its parts | ** separation of or breaking down something into its parts | ||
** turning a complex thing or system into simple elements or parts | ** turning a complex thing or system into simple elements or parts | ||
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* '''analytical''' = in the state of analysis | * '''analytical''' = in the state of analysis | ||
* from: | * from: | ||
** [[Indo-European word origins|PIE]] '''''*leu''''' for "to loosen, divide, cut apart" and | **PIE '''''*an-''''' and thus ''<u>'''ana-'''</u>'' for "up, back, into, throughout, against, again" | ||
** thus the Greek '''''analusis''''', meaning, "divided up" | ** [[Indo-European word origins|PIE]] '''''*leu''''' for "to loosen, divide, cut apart" and | ||
*** thus the Greek '''''analusis''''', meaning, "divided up" | |||
* related words: | * related words: | ||
** | ** analog (British, analogue): a word corresponding with another | ||
** | ** analogy: a comparison, or correspondence (relating) things or elements | ||
*** | *** particularly to offer an explanation or clarification | ||
*** "''let me offer you an analogy of that idea..."'' | |||
** '''''analogical -ly''''' | **'''''analogical -ly''''' | ||
*** = expressing or in the state of an analogy | *** = expressing or in the state of an analogy | ||
*** ''"speaking analogically, this wind today is a beast in the jungle"'' | *** ''"speaking analogically, this wind today is a beast in the jungle"'' | ||
* opposite of analysis is '''synthesis''' (bringing together) | * opposite of '''analysis''' is '''synthesis''' (bringing together) | ||
** * todo synthesis, evaluation << todo | ** * todo synthesis, evaluation << todo | ||
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Latest revision as of 13:27, 20 September 2023
Analysis, analytical
- analysis =
- detailed examination, especially of underlying elements, structures and conditions
- separation of or breaking down something into its parts
- turning a complex thing or system into simple elements or parts
- analyze = to examine in detail, break into parts, etc.
- analytical = in the state of analysis
- from:
- PIE *an- and thus ana- for "up, back, into, throughout, against, again"
- PIE *leu for "to loosen, divide, cut apart" and
- thus the Greek analusis, meaning, "divided up"
- related words:
- analog (British, analogue): a word corresponding with another
- analogy: a comparison, or correspondence (relating) things or elements
- particularly to offer an explanation or clarification
- "let me offer you an analogy of that idea..."
- analogical -ly
- = expressing or in the state of an analogy
- "speaking analogically, this wind today is a beast in the jungle"
- opposite of analysis is synthesis (bringing together)
- * todo synthesis, evaluation << todo