análysis

análysis agr. (ἀνάλυσις), ‘Auflösung, Zergliederung, Untersuchung’

Anm. KF: an sich auflösen, herauslösen durch ablösen oder verflüssigen von etwas (Alchemie)

From ἀναλύω (analýo, “to unravel, investigate”) +‎ -σις (-sis).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ná.ly.sis/ → /aˈna.ly.sis/ → /aˈna.li.sis/

Noun

ᾰ̓νᾰ́λῠσῐς • (ănắlŭsĭs) f (genitive ᾰ̓νᾰλῠ́σεως); third declension

1. a loosing, releasing
2. a dissolving, resolution of a whole into its parts, analysis
3. (in Aristotle's Logic) the reduction of the imperfect figures into the perfect one
4. the solution of a problem
5. retrogression, retirement, departure