| 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 |
function
office part role | the actions and activities assigned to or required or expected of a person or group, the function of a teacher, the government must do its part, play its role |
function
purpose
role
use | what something is used for, the function of an auger is to bore holes, ballet is beautiful but what use is it? |
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 |
localization of function
localisation of function
localization principle
localisation principle
localization
localisation | (physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations in some particular part or organ of the body |
| 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 |
derived function
derivative
differential coefficient
differential
first derivative | the result of mathematical differentiation, the instantaneous change of one quantity relative to another, df(x)
dx |
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 |
| sentential function | formal expression containing variables, becomes a sentence when variables are replaced by constants |
function word
closedlass word | a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning |
| analysis | a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed |
routine
subroutine
subprogram
procedure
function | a set sequence of steps, part of larger computer program |
| function call | a call that passes control to a subroutine, after the subroutine is executed control returns to the next instruction in main program |
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 |
characteristic curve
characterisic function | (electronics) graph showing how a particular characteristic of a device varies with other parameters |
| analysis | the use of closedlass words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father' |
affair
occasion social occasion
function
social function | a vaguely specified social event, the party was quite an affair, an occasion arranged to honor the president, a seemingly endless round of social functions |
| domain domain of a function | (mathematics) the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined |
image
range range of a function | (mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined, the image of f(x) x^ is the set of all non-negative real numbers if the domain of the function is the set of all real numbers |
| function | a formal or official social gathering or ceremony, it was a black-tie function |
bodily process
body process
bodily function
activity | an organic process that takes place in the body, respiratory activity |
control operation
control function | an operation that controls the recording or processing or transmission of interpretation of data, a control operation started the data processing |
| function | a relation such that one thing is dependent on another, height is a function of age, price is a function of supply and demand |