Meaning of ANALYTIC
| Pronunciation: | | `an'litik
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- [adj] (logic) of a proposition; necessarily true independent of fact or experience, as"all spinsters are unmarried"
- [adj] (linguistics) expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection
- [adj] using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles); "an analytic experiment"; "an analytic approach"; "a keenly analytic man"; "analytical reasoning"; "an analytical mind"
- [adj] (mathematics) using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus; "analytic statics"
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| | Synonyms: | | analytical, isolating(a), uninflected |
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| | Antonyms: | | synthetic, synthetical | | |
| | See Also: | | a priori, deductive, logical | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \An`a*lyt"ic\, Analytical \An`a*lyt"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?:
cf. F. analytique. See {Analysis}.]
Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or
constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; analytic
reasoning; -- opposed to {synthetic}.
{Analytical} or {co["o]rdinate geometry}. See under
{Geometry}.
{Analytic language}, a noninflectional language or one not
characterized by grammatical endings.
{Analytical table} (Nat. Hist.), a table in which the
characteristics of the species or other groups are
arranged so as to facilitate the determination of their
names.
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