different between analysis vs syntopical

English

Etymology

From Medieval Latin analysis, from Ancient Greek ???????? (análusis), from ?????? (analú?, “I unravel, investigate”), from ???- (ana-, “thoroughly”) + ??? (lú?, “I loosen”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??næl?s?s/, /??næl?s?s/
• Hyphenation: anal?y?sis

Noun

analysis (countable and uncountable, plural analyses)

1. (countable) Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory etc.).
2. (countable) The result of such a process.

   • Thus, in a sequence such as [French English teacher], since English is closer to
     the Head Noun teacher, it must be a Complement; and since French is further
     away from teacher, it must be an Attribute. Hence, we correctly predict that
     the only possible interpretation for [a French English teacher] is ‘a person who
     teaches English who is French?. So our analysis not only has semantic plausi-
     bility; but in addition it has independent syntactic support.

3. (uncountable, mathematics) The mathematical study of functions, sequences, series, limits, derivatives and integrals.
   • 2014, Lara Alcock, How to Think about Analysis, Oxford University Press, [1].

   Synonym: mathematical analysis

4. (countable, logic) Proof by deduction from known truths.
5. (countable, chemistry) The process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts, or the result of this process.
6. (uncountable, music) The analytical study of melodies, harmonies, sequences, repetitions, variations, quotations, juxtapositions, and surprises.
7. (countable, psychology) Psychoanalysis.

Antonyms

• synthesis

Hyponyms

• cryptanalysis
• psychoanalysis

Derived terms

Related terms

• analyse, analyze
• analyst
• analyte
• analytic

Translations

See also

• List of terms used in mathematical analysis

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (análusis), from ?????? (analú?, “I unravel, investigate”), from ??? (aná, “on, up”) + ??? (lú?, “I loosen”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a?na.ly.sis/, [ä?näl?s??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a?na.li.sis/, [??n??lis?is]

Noun

analysis f (genitive analysis or analyse?s or analysios); third declension

1. (Medieval Latin, mathematics) analysis

Declension

Third-declension noun (Greek-type, i-stem, i-stem).

¹Found sometimes in Medieval and New Latin.

Descendants

English

Etymology

synoptic +? -al

Adjective

syntopical (not comparable)

1. Referring to a type of analysis in which different works are compared and contrasted.

   After finishing his syntopical reading of the leaders' speeches, he wrote an essay comparing the language used by Reagan, Carter, Gorbachev, and Qaddafi.

   • 1997: Dhun H. Sethna, Investing Smart

     (...) and it is their words and wisdom, accumulated over long periods of syntopical reading, that make up this text.

See also

• synoptic

Anagrams

• synoptical