Cataloguing and Analysis

noun

• An investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole.
• The abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations.
  • synonyms: analytic thinking
• A form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed.
• The use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e. G., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father'.
• A branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation.
• A set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud.
  • usage: "his physician recommended psychoanalysis"
  • synonyms: psychoanalysis, depth psychology

• (n.) A resolution of anything, whether an object of the senses or of the intellect, into its constituent or original elements; an examination of the component parts of a subject, each separately, as the words which compose a sentence, the tones of a tune or the simple propositions which enter into an argument. It is opposed to synthesis.
• (n.) The separation of a compound substance, by chemical processes, into its constituents, with a view to ascertain either (a) what elements it contains or (b) how much of each element is present. The former is called qualitative, and the latter quantitative analysis.
• (n.) A brief, methodical illustration of the principles of a science. In this sense it is nearly synonymous with synopsis.
• (n.) The tracing of things to their source, and the resolving of knowledge into its original principles.
• (n.) A syllabus or table of the principal heads of a discourse, disposed in their natural order.
• (n.) The process of ascertaining the name of a species or its place in a system of classification, by means of an analytical table or key.
• (n.) The resolving of problems by reducing the conditions that are in them to equations.