analyysi — meaning in English
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English meaning
- analysis noun A careful, detailed examination of something in order to understand it or explain its parts.
- assay noun A test that determines the composition or purity of a substance, or the potency of a drug or biological sample.
- dissection noun The act of cutting something open to examine its parts.
Senses
analyysi is used for these senses in English:
- analysis (countable) Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory, etc.).
- analysis (countable) The result of such a process.
- analysis (countable, logic) Proof by deduction from known truths.
- analysis (uncountable, music) The analytical study of melodies, harmonies, sequences, repetitions, variations, quotations, juxtapositions, and surprises.
- assay The act or process of ascertaining the proportion of a particular metal in an ore or alloy; especially, the determination of the proportion of gold or silver in bullion or coin.
- dissection (figurative) A minute and detailed examination or analysis.
- mathematical analysis (mathematics) The mathematical study of functions, sequences, series, limits, derivatives and integrals.
assay — full definition
- noun A test that determines the composition or purity of a substance, or the potency of a drug or biological sample.
- verb To carry out such a test on a substance, especially an ore or metal.