(countable) Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory etc.). / (countable) The result of such a process.

Analysis performed on oneself, introspection.

(finance) An analysis of a business with the goal of financial projections in terms of income statement, financial statements and health, its management and competitive advantages, and its competitors and markets.

(chemistry) Any of several similar radiochemical techniques of analysis in which a subatomic particle or gamma ray is captured by a nuclide to form a second stable nuclide which is then measured.

(mathematics) The branch of mathematics dealing with the real numbers and related structures.

(mathematics) The branch of mathematics dealing with infinite-dimensional vector spaces, whose elements are actually functions, as well as generalizations such as Banach spaces and Hilbert spaces.

The process of examining data to draw conclusions or insights, and determine cause-and-effect patterns between events; for example determining the safety and efficacy of new drugs by drawing out a probability as to whether the fact that a patient got better (or worse) was due to the drug or some other (perhaps random) factor.

(chemistry) The determination of the amounts of an element or compound in a sample. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see quantitative, analysis.

(chemistry) The determination of the elements, functional groups or compounds present in a sample.

(analytical chemistry) Any of several methods and techniques of analytical chemistry in which the amount of a substance in a sample is determined by weighing a precipitate, filtrate, residue etc after some physical or chemical process.