assay

assay

noun

Definition of ASSAY

1

the separation and identification of the parts of a whole <a metallurgist did an assay on the metal and determined it contained nickel>

Synonyms anatomizing, anatomy, assay, breakdown, deconstruction, dissection

Related Words assessment, diagnosis, evaluation, examination, inspection, investigation, muster, scrutiny; arrangement, assortment, cataloging (or cataloguing), categorization, classification, codification, indexing; enumeration, inventory, itemization, tabulation; division, reduction, segmentation, separation, subdivision

Near Antonyms agglomeration, aggregation, amalgamation, assimilation, coalescence, conglomeration, consolidation, integration, synthesis, unification

archaic

an effort to do or accomplish something <the poem about a frustrated man's last assay at greatness>

Synonyms assay [archaic], bash [chiefly British], bid, crack, endeavor, essay, fling, go, offer, pass, shot, stab, trial, try, whack, whirl

Related Words striving, struggle, throes, undertaking; trial and error