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* '''analytical''' = in the state of analysis | * '''analytical''' = in the state of analysis | ||
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** [[Indo-European word origins|PIE]] '''''*leu''''' for "to loosen, divide, cut apart" and | **'''PIE ''*an-''''' and thus ''<u>'''ana-'''</u>'' for "up, back, throughout, against, again" | ||
** [[Indo-European word origins|PIE]] '''''*leu''''' for "to loosen, divide, cut apart" and | |||
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** thus the Greek '''''analusis''''', meaning, "divided up" | ** thus the Greek '''''analusis''''', meaning, "divided up" | ||
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Revision as of 23:39, 10 March 2022
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, throughout, against, again"
- PIE *leu for "to loosen, divide, cut apart" and
- thus the Greek analusis, meaning, "divided up"
- related words:
- analog
- 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