laying waste
ruin
ruining
ruination
wrecking | destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined |
| analysis | an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole |
| market analysis | marketing research that yields information about the marketplace |
chemical analysis
qualitative analysis | the act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements |
quantitative analysis
quantitative chemical analysis | chemical analysis to determine the amounts of each element in the substance |
colorimetry
colorimetric analysis | quantitative chemical analysis by color using a colorimeter |
| volumetric analysis | quantitative analysis by the use of definite volumes of standard solutions or reagents |
| volumetric analysis | determination of the volume of gases (or changes in their volume) during combination |
| gravimetric analysis | quantitative analysis by weight |
| cost analysis | breaking down the costs of some operation and reporting on each factor separately |
fundamental analysis
fundamentals analysis | (stock exchange) the use of fundamentals as an investment strategy |
technical analysis
technical analysis of stock trends | (stock exchange) analysis of past price changes in the hope of forecasting future price changes |
spectroscopy
spectrometry
spectroscopic analysis
spectrum analysis
spectrographic analysis | the use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra |
psychoanalysis
analysis depth psychology | a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders, based on the theories of Sigmund Freud, his physician recommended psychoanalysis |
| self-analysis | the application of psychotherapeutic principles to the analysis of your own personality |
waste
wastefulness dissipation | useless or profitless activity, using or expending or consuming thoughtlessly or carelessly, if the effort brings no compensating gain it is a waste, mindless dissipation of natural resources |
waste of effort
waste of energy | a useless effort |
| waste of material | a useless consumption of material |
| waste of money | money spent for inadequate return, the senator said that the project was a waste of money |
| waste of time | the devotion of time to a useless activity, the waste of time could prove fatal |
| waste permissive waste | (law) reduction in the value of an estate caused by act or neglect |
drain
drainpipe
waste pipe | a pipe through which liquid is carried away |
wastepaper basket
waste-paper basket
wastebasket
waste basket
circular file | a container with an open top, for discarded paper and other rubbish |
thriftlessness
waste
wastefulness | the trait of wasting resources, a life characterized by thriftlessness and waste, the wastefulness of missed opportunities |
critical appraisal
critical analysis | an appraisal based on careful analytical evaluation |
analysis
analytic thinking | the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations |
| cost-benefit analysis | an analysis of the cost effectiveness of different alternatives in order to see whether the benefits outweigh the costs |
| systems analysis | analysis of all aspects of a project along with ways to collect information about the operation of its parts |
| trend analysis | analysis of changes over time |
soul-searching
self-analysis | a penetrating examination of your own beliefs and motives |
| numerical analysis | (mathematics) the branch of mathematics that studies algorithms for approximating solutions to problems in the infinitesimal calculus |
| analysis | a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits, sequences and series and integration and differentiation |
Fourier analysis
harmonic analysis | analysis of a periodic function into a sum of simple sinusoidal components |
topology
analysis situs | the branch of pure mathematics that deals only with the properties of a figure X that hold for every figure into which X can be transformed with a one-to-one correspondence that is continuous in both directions |
| multivariate analysis | a generic term for any statistical technique used to analyze data from more than one variable |
| regression analysis | the use of regression to make quantitative predictions of one variable from the values of another |
| correlational analysis | the use of statistical correlation to evaluate the strength of the relations between variables |
| factor analysis | any of several methods for reducing correlational data to a smaller number of dimensions or factors, beginning with a correlation matrix a small number of components or factors are extracted that are regarded as the basic variables that account for the interrelations observed in the data |
analysis of variance
ANOVA | a statistical method for making simultaneous comparisons between two or more means, a statistical method that yields values that can be tested to determine whether a significant relation exists between variables |
cladistics
cladistic analysis | a system of biological taxonomy based on the quantitative analysis of comparative data and used to reconstruct cladograms summarizing the (assumed) phylogenetic relations and evolutionary history of groups of organisms |
| methodology methodological analysis | the branch of philosophy that analyzes the principles and procedures of inquiry in a particular discipline |
| analysis | a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed |
Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System
MEDLARS | relational database of the United States National Library of Medicine for the storage and retrieval of bibliographical information concerning the biomedical literature |
| analysis | the use of closedlass words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father' |
barren
waste
wasteland | an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation, the barrens of central Africa, the trackless wastes of the desert |
dump
garbage dump
trash dump
rubbish dump
wasteyard
waste-yard
dumpsite | a piece of land where waste materials are dumped |
toxic waste dump
toxic waste site
toxic dumpsite | a location where toxic wastes can be or have been disposed of (often illegally) |
toxic site
toxic waste area
Superfund site | a site where toxic wastes have been dumped and the Environmental Protection Agency has designated them to be cleaned up |
body waste
excretion
excreta
excrement
excretory product | waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body |
| human waste | the body wastes of human beings |