ἀνάλυσις

Ancient Greek

noun
Definitions
  • a loosing, releasing
  • a dissolving, resolution of a whole into its parts, analysis
  • (in Aristotle's Logic) the reduction of the imperfect figures into the perfect one
  • the solution of a problem
  • retrogression, retirement, departure

Etymology

Suffix from Ancient Greek ἀναλύω (unloose, resolve into its elements, investigate, I unravel).

Origin

Ancient Greek

ἀναλύω

Gloss

unloose, resolve into its elements, investigate, I unravel

Concept
Semantic Field

Cognition

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