English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Analogy
(n.)
A relation or correspondence in function, between organs
or parts which are decidedly different.
Analogy
(n.)
Proportion; equality of ratios.
Analogy
(n.)
Conformity of words to the genius, structure, or general
rules of a language; similarity of origin, inflection, or principle of
pronunciation, and the like, as opposed to anomaly.
Analyse
(n.)
Alt. of Analyser
Analyser
(n.)
Same as Analyze, Analyzer, etc.
Analyses
(pl. )
of Analysis
Analysis
(n.)
The process of ascertaining the name of a species, or its
place in a system of classification, by means of an analytical table or
key.
Analysis
(n.)
A brief, methodical illustration of the principles of a
science. In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis.
Analysis
(n.)
A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a
discourse, disposed in their natural order.
Analysis
(n.)
The resolving of problems by reducing the conditions that
are in them to equations.
Analysis
(n.)
The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving
of knowledge into its original principles.
Analysis
(n.)
The separation of a compound substance, by chemical
processes, into its constituents, with a view to ascertain either (a)
what elements it contains, or (b) how much of each element is present.
The former is called qualitative, and the latter quantitative analysis.
Analysis
(n.)
A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses
or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an
examination of the component parts of a subject, each separately, as
the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune, or the simple
propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to synthesis.
Analyst
(n.)
One who analyzes; formerly, one skilled in algebraical
geometry; now commonly, one skilled in chemical analysis.
Analytic
(a.)
Alt. of Analytical
Analytical
(a.)
Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements
or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; analytic reasoning;
-- opposed to synthetic.
Analytically
(adv.)
In an analytical manner.
Analytics
(n.)
The science of analysis.
Analyzable
(a.)
That may be analyzed.
Analyzation
(n.)
The act of analyzing, or separating into constituent
parts; analysis.