analyser — meaning in English

English meaning

• analyze verb To examine something carefully, breaking it into parts to understand it better.
• assay noun A test that determines the composition or purity of a substance, or the potency of a drug or biological sample.
• parse verb To resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by agreement or government; to analyze and describe grammatically.

Senses

analyser is used for these senses in English:

• analyze (transitive) To examine in such a manner as to ascertain the elements or nature of the thing examined; as, to analyze a fossil substance, to analyze a sentence or a word, or to analyze an action to ascertain its morality.
• assay (transitive) To analyze or estimate the composition or value of (a metal, ore etc.). [from 15th c.]
• break down (ergative, figuratively) To divide into parts to give more details, to provide a more indepth analysis of.
• parse (linguistics, ambitransitive) To resolve (a sentence, etc.) into its elements, pointing out the several parts of speech, and their relation to each other by agreement or government; to analyze and describe grammatically. [from mid 16th c.]

assay — full definition

1. noun A test that determines the composition or purity of a substance, or the potency of a drug or biological sample.
2. verb To carry out such a test on a substance, especially an ore or metal.

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