Synthesis vs. Analysis
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The formation of something complex or coherent by combining simpler things.
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(chemistry) The reaction of elements or compounds to form more complex compounds.
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(logic) A deduction from the general to the particular.
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(philosophy) The combination of thesis and antithesis.
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(military) In intelligence usage, the examining and combining of processed information with other information and intelligence for final interpretation.
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(rhetoric) An apt arrangement of elements of a text, especially for euphony.
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Composition, or the putting of two or more things together, as in compounding medicines.
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The art or process of making a compound by putting the ingredients together, as contrasted with analysis; thus, water is made by synthesis from hydrogen and oxygen; hence, specifically, the building up of complex compounds by special reactions, whereby their component radicals are so grouped that the resulting substances are identical in every respect with the natural articles when such occur; thus, artificial alcohol, urea, indigo blue, alizarin, etc., are made by synthesis.
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The combination of separate elements of thought into a whole, as of simple into complex conceptions, species into genera, individual propositions into systems; - the opposite of analysis.
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the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds)
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the combination of ideas into a complex whole
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reasoning from the general to the particular (or from cause to effect)
Analysisnoun
(countable) Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory etc.).
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(countable) The result of such a process.
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The mathematical study of functions, sequences, series, limits, derivatives and integrals.
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Proof by deduction from known truths.
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The process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts, or the result of this process.
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The analytical study of melodies, harmonies, sequences, repetitions, variations, quotations, juxtapositions, and surprises.
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Psychoanalysis.
Analysisnoun
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.
Analysisnoun
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.
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The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles.
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The resolving of problems by reducing the conditions that are in them to equations.
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A syllabus, or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order.
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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.
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an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole
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the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations
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a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed
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the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father'
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a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation
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a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud;
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detailed examination of the elements or structure of something
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the process of separating something into its constituent elements
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the identification and measurement of the chemical constituents of a substance or specimen
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the part of mathematics concerned with the theory of functions and the use of limits, continuity, and the operations of calculus.
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short for psychoanalysis
Analysis
Analysis is the process of breaking a complex topic or substance into smaller parts in order to gain a better understanding of it. The technique has been applied in the study of mathematics and logic since before Aristotle (384–322 B.C.), though analysis as a formal concept is a relatively recent development.The word comes from the Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις (analysis, or from ana- and lysis ).
