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VERB (2)

1. cut open or cut apart;
- Example: "dissect the bodies for analysis"

2. make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features;
- Example: "analyze a specimen"
- Example: "analyze a sentence"
- Example: "analyze a chemical compound"
[syn: analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dissect \Dis*sect"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dissected; p. pr. & vb. n. Dissecting.] [L. dissectus, p. p. of dissecare; dis- + secare to cut. See Section.] 1. (Anat.) To divide into separate parts; to cut in pieces; to separate and expose the parts of, as an animal or a plant, for examination and to show their structure and relations; to anatomize. [1913 Webster] 2. To analyze, for the purposes of science or criticism; to divide and examine minutely. [1913 Webster] This paragraph . . . I have dissected for a sample. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dissect v 1: cut open or cut apart; "dissect the bodies for analysis" 2: make a mathematical, chemical, or grammatical analysis of; break down into components or essential features; "analyze a specimen"; "analyze a sentence"; "analyze a chemical compound" [syn: analyze, analyse, break down, dissect, take apart] [ant: synthesise, synthesize]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

28 Moby Thesaurus words for "dissect": analyze, anatomize, assay, break down, break up, carve, cleave, cut, decompose, dichotomize, disjoin, disjoint, dissever, divide, part, penetrate, pierce, probe, reduce, reduce to elements, resolve, segment, separate, sever, slice, split, subdivide, sunder