Dissect
verb
To cut open something, especially a body or plant, and study its inside parts.
The biology students will dissect a frog in their lab today.
Often appears as...
- dissect a frog
- dissect a body
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To examine or analyze something in detail.
They dissected the plan to find potential problems.
Often appears as...
- dissect a problem
- dissect an issue
verb
To cut open something, especially a body or plant, and study its inside parts.
The biology students will dissect a frog in their lab today.
Often appears as...
- dissect a frog
- dissect a body
Usage tips
Academic
verb
To examine or analyze something in detail.
They dissected the plan to find potential problems.
Often appears as...
- dissect a problem
- dissect an issue
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Academic Practice
Used in educational settings, often during practical science classes.
Tomorrow, we will dissect a sheep heart in anatomy class.
Pro Tip 2/3Precise Technique
Implies careful cutting to reveal internal parts without damaging them.
Surgeons must dissect tissues precisely to avoid complications.
Pro Tip 3/3Inquiry and Understanding
The purpose is to explore inner structures to gain knowledge.
By dissecting the flower, we learned about its reproductive system.
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Gary Greenberg: The...
So when I first looked at this, I was -- I thought, gee, this is like a little treasure trove here. I couldn't believe it, and I'd go around dissecting the little bits out and making photographs of them. Here's what most of the sand in our world looks like. These are quartz crystals and feldspar, so most sand in the world on the mainland
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A Black man goes...
you're going to find them in that barber shop. And so what we did was just organize what was already going on. And so what I started doing was mining these alternative viewpoints from these alternative digital universes, dissecting them, breaking them down into controversial talking points.
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Bob Mankoff: Anatomy of...
Basically, that's the way humor works. So I'm a humor analyst, you would say. Now E.B. White said, analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Nobody is much interested, and the frog dies. Well, I'm going to kill a few, but there won't be any genocide. But really, it makes me —
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How (and why) Russia...
and harder for the target audience -- that includes the media -- to decipher and characterize. If you can get a hashtag trending on Twitter, or chum the waters with fake news directed to audiences primed to receive it, or drive journalists to dissect terabytes of email
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Why great architecture...
with all its organs and circulatory systems, like at school. And suddenly you think of architecture no longer as built substance, but as an organism, as a life form. And as you start to dissect this organism, you can identify a series of primary technical clusters --
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Inside the new Old World...
dissecting one of these strange creatures with long slender jaws and multi-layered complex wing membranes would be one of the most interesting experiences an anatomist could have three different kinds of flying dragons inhabit our alien world with heads
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The scientific origins...
to rationalize the terrifying things that they saw in the natural world but did not understand. And while we can't explain every aspect of their stories, there may be some actual science that reveals itself when we dissect them for clues.
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A memory scientist's...
I've dissected all the different things that can go wrong with our memories that can really threaten your case. And now I'm turning my attention to helping people tackle recording and reporting of workplace harassment and discrimination.
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Great White Sharks of...
great whites in the world. But like all sharks, no one will know for sure how old she is until after she dies. RALPH One of the ways to determine the age of a shark is by dissecting it. If we cut through a vertebra, we can
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Bone Collector PIPE Ben...
starting with a whole animal the first and most important process is to actually strip it down so involves lots of dissecting quite gruesome but you
Video examples
Gary Greenberg: The...
So when I first looked at this, I was -- I thought, gee, this is like a little treasure trove here. I couldn't believe it, and I'd go around dissecting the little bits out and making photographs of them. Here's what most of the sand in our world looks like. These are quartz crystals and feldspar, so most sand in the world on the mainland
Video examples
A Black man goes...
you're going to find them in that barber shop. And so what we did was just organize what was already going on. And so what I started doing was mining these alternative viewpoints from these alternative digital universes, dissecting them, breaking them down into controversial talking points.
Video examples
Bob Mankoff: Anatomy of...
Basically, that's the way humor works. So I'm a humor analyst, you would say. Now E.B. White said, analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Nobody is much interested, and the frog dies. Well, I'm going to kill a few, but there won't be any genocide. But really, it makes me —
Video examples
How (and why) Russia...
and harder for the target audience -- that includes the media -- to decipher and characterize. If you can get a hashtag trending on Twitter, or chum the waters with fake news directed to audiences primed to receive it, or drive journalists to dissect terabytes of email
Video examples
Why great architecture...
with all its organs and circulatory systems, like at school. And suddenly you think of architecture no longer as built substance, but as an organism, as a life form. And as you start to dissect this organism, you can identify a series of primary technical clusters --
Video examples
Inside the new Old World...
dissecting one of these strange creatures with long slender jaws and multi-layered complex wing membranes would be one of the most interesting experiences an anatomist could have three different kinds of flying dragons inhabit our alien world with heads
Video examples
The scientific origins...
to rationalize the terrifying things that they saw in the natural world but did not understand. And while we can't explain every aspect of their stories, there may be some actual science that reveals itself when we dissect them for clues.
Video examples
A memory scientist's...
I've dissected all the different things that can go wrong with our memories that can really threaten your case. And now I'm turning my attention to helping people tackle recording and reporting of workplace harassment and discrimination.
Video examples
Great White Sharks of...
great whites in the world. But like all sharks, no one will know for sure how old she is until after she dies. RALPH One of the ways to determine the age of a shark is by dissecting it. If we cut through a vertebra, we can
Video examples
Bone Collector PIPE Ben...
starting with a whole animal the first and most important process is to actually strip it down so involves lots of dissecting quite gruesome but you
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Ava DuVernay
American Director
There can be a progression to the dream; there can be steps to it. When you dissect any successful person's story, it's really rare that it was all or nothing. It's steps, and I just try to remind myself of that in terms of the things that I want; it's like, everything is a step, leading you to where you need to go.
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Sameera Reddy
When I did Mira Nair's film on AIDS, people told me to stay away from it and even asked me reasons why I chose to do a film on the stigma. My reason for choosing the movie is similar. It is a social reality and there is no harm being a part of a movie like this as it really dissects the reality of the crisis.
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Liv Hewson
Australian Actor
I speak publicly about the things I am speaking privately about, and there is no difference - the things I'm passionate about and dissecting with my friends and family, the things that are valuable to me, are the things that I publicly share and publicly promote.
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Reed Morano
American Director
Sometimes you come up with an idea when you're going out for a job, and then when you actually get into dissecting the world, you end up changing your approach, just because that's the way art goes sometimes.
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Annie Baker
American Playwright
I was raised by a single psychologist mother and we spent every evening sitting at the kitchen table and dissecting our emotions and speculating about the inner life of everyone we knew.
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Carol Kane
American Actress
I don't like to discuss my work in a lot of detail; I'm afraid of dissecting it in a way that is not good for me.
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Sarah Gadon
Canadian Actress
Film is an art form. Dissecting and understanding it is a part of our own interest in humanity.
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Joe Biden
American President
I guess every single word I've ever said is going to be dissected now.
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Katrina Kaif
British Actress
I have never dissected my personal life. What sense would it make?
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Benjamin Whorf
American Scientist
We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native language.
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Ava DuVernay
American Director
There can be a progression to the dream; there can be steps to it. When you dissect any successful person's story, it's really rare that it was all or nothing. It's steps, and I just try to remind myself of that in terms of the things that I want; it's like, everything is a step, leading you to where you need to go.
Quote examples
Sameera Reddy
When I did Mira Nair's film on AIDS, people told me to stay away from it and even asked me reasons why I chose to do a film on the stigma. My reason for choosing the movie is similar. It is a social reality and there is no harm being a part of a movie like this as it really dissects the reality of the crisis.
Quote examples
Liv Hewson
Australian Actor
I speak publicly about the things I am speaking privately about, and there is no difference - the things I'm passionate about and dissecting with my friends and family, the things that are valuable to me, are the things that I publicly share and publicly promote.
Quote examples
Reed Morano
American Director
Sometimes you come up with an idea when you're going out for a job, and then when you actually get into dissecting the world, you end up changing your approach, just because that's the way art goes sometimes.
Quote examples
Annie Baker
American Playwright
I was raised by a single psychologist mother and we spent every evening sitting at the kitchen table and dissecting our emotions and speculating about the inner life of everyone we knew.
Quote examples
Carol Kane
American Actress
I don't like to discuss my work in a lot of detail; I'm afraid of dissecting it in a way that is not good for me.
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Sarah Gadon
Canadian Actress
Film is an art form. Dissecting and understanding it is a part of our own interest in humanity.
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Joe Biden
American President
I guess every single word I've ever said is going to be dissected now.
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Katrina Kaif
British Actress
I have never dissected my personal life. What sense would it make?
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Benjamin Whorf
American Scientist
We dissect nature along lines laid down by our native language.
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