analysis

Definition

  • noun: a careful study of something to learn about its parts, what they do, and how they are related to each other
  • noun: separation of a whole into its component parts

Examples

  • a problem that 'defies analysis' [=a problem that cannot be easily understood or explained]

  • It was a difficult decision but, 'in the final analysis', it was the right choice.

  • The newspaper printed an 'analysis' of each candidate's positions.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) When is a bomb not a bomb? Any military victims? - Not according to public records, sir. Bring up the thermogenic signatures again, factor in degrees The oracle cloud has completed analysis. Accessing satellites and plotting the last months of thermogenic occurances now. Take away everywhere that (..)
    2013 Iron Man 3