Noun

(analogies)

A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.

* 1841 , , Essays: First Series , ch. 6:

Yet the systole and diastole of the heart are not without their analogy in the ebb and flow of love.

* 1869 , , The Uncommercial Traveller , ch. 18:

Is there any analogy , in certain constitutions, between keeping an umbrella up, and keeping the spirits up?

* 1901 , , The Valley of Decision , ch. 12:

The old analogy likening the human mind to an imperfect mirror, which modifies the images it reflects, occurred more than once to Odo.

* 1983 , " How to Write Programs," Time , 3 Jan.:

Perhaps the easiest way to think of it is in terms of a simple analogy : hardware is to software as a television set is to the shows that appear on it.

* 2002 , , Gone for Good , ISBN 9780440236733, p. 75:

A kid living on the street is a bit like — and please pardon the analogy here — a weed.

Noun

(wikipedia analysis)

(countable) Decomposition into components in order to study (a complex thing, concept, theory...).

* {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=July-August, author= Philip J. Bushnell

, title= Solvents, Ethanol, Car Crashes & Tolerance, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Surprisingly, this analysis revealed that acute exposure to solvent vapors at concentrations below those associated with long-term effects appears to increase the risk of a fatal automobile accident. Furthermore, this increase in risk is comparable to the risk of death from leukemia after long-term exposure to benzene, another solvent, which has the well-known property of causing this type of cancer.}}

(countable) The result of such a process.

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Thus, in a sequence such as [French English teacher''], since ''English'' is closer to
the Head Noun ''teacher'', it must be a Complement; and since ''French'' is further
away from ''teacher'', it must be an Attribute. Hence, we correctly predict that
the only possible interpretation for [''a French English teacher ] is ‘a person who
teaches English who is French?. So our analysis not only has semantic plausi-
bility; but in addition it has independent syntactic support.

(uncountable, mathematics) The mathematical study of functions, sequences, series, limits, derivatives and integrals.

(countable, logic) Proof by deduction from known truths.

(countable, chemistry) The process of breaking down a substance into its constituent parts, or the result of this process.

(uncountable, music) The analytical study of melodies]], [[harmony, harmonies, sequences, repetitions, variations, quotations, juxtapositions, and surprisees.

(countable, psychology) Psychoanalysis.