| analysis | <technique> The separation into component parts or elements, the act of determining the component parts of a substance. Origin: Gr. Lysis = dissolution (18 Nov 1997) |
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| analysis of variance | A statistical technique that isolates and assesses the contributions of categorical independent variables to variation in the mean of a continuous dependent variable. (12 Dec 1998) |
| analyst | One who analyzes; formerly, one skilled in algebraical geometry; now commonly, one skilled in chemical analysis. Origin: F. Analyste. See Analysis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| analyte | <chemistry> The substance being measured in an analytical procedure. (09 Oct 1997) |
| analytic | Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; analytic reasoning; opposed to synthetic. Analytical or coordinate geometry. See Geometry. Analytic language, a noninflectional language or one not characterised by grammatical endings. Analytical table, a table in which the characteristics of the species or other groups are arranged so as to facilitate the determination of their names. Origin: Gr., cf. F. Analytique. See Analysis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| analytic chemistry | The application of chemistry to the determination and detection of composition and identification of specific substances. (05 Mar 2000) |
| analytic psychiatry | Psychiatric theory and practice emphasizing the principles of psychoanalysis. Synonym: analytic psychiatry, dynamic psychiatry. (05 Mar 2000) |
| analytic study | In epidemiology, a study designed to examine associations, commonly putative or hypothesised causal relationships; usually concerned with identifying or measuring the effects of risk factors or with the health effects of specific exposures. (05 Mar 2000) |
| analytic therapy | Short term for psychoanalytic therapy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| analytical | Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; analytic reasoning; opposed to synthetic. Analytical or coordinate geometry. See Geometry. Analytic language, a noninflectional language or one not characterised by grammatical endings. Analytical table, a table in which the characteristics of the species or other groups are arranged so as to facilitate the determination of their names. Origin: Gr., cf. F. Analytique. See Analysis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| analytical chemistry | <study> The branch of chemistry that deals with the quantitative and qualitative identification of substances. (10 Jan 1998) |
| analytical psychology | The theory of psychopathology and the practice of psychotherapy, according to the principles of Jung, which utilises a system of psychology and psychotherapy emphasizing man's symbolic nature, and differs from freudian psychoanalysis especially in placing less significance upon instinctual (sexual) urges. Synonym: analytical psychology. (05 Mar 2000) |
| analytical sensitivity | The degree of response to a change in concentration of analyte being measured in an assay; synonymous with the detection limit. (05 Mar 2000) |
| analytical specificity | Freedom from interference by any element or compound other than the analyte. (05 Mar 2000) |
| analytically | In an analytical manner. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |