ANALYTIC
analytic, analytical
(adjective) of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience; ââall spinsters are unmarriedâ is an analytic propositionâ
analytic, uninflected
(adjective) expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection
analytic, analytical
(adjective) using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles); âan analytic experimentâ; âan analytic approachâ; âa keenly analytic manâ; âanalytical reasoningâ; âan analytical mindâ
analytic
(adjective) using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus; âanalytic staticsâ
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
analytic (comparative more analytic, superlative most analytic)
Of, or relating to any form of analysis, or to analytics.
Of, or relating to division into elements or principles.
Having the ability to analyse.
(logic, of a proposition) that follows necessarily; tautologous.
(mathematics) Of, or relating to algebra or a similar method of analysis.
(analysis) Being defined in terms of objects of differential calculus such as derivatives.
(complex analysis) Holomorphic; complex-differentiable.
(linguistics) Of a language, having a grammar principally dependent on the arrangement of uninflected words within sentences to indicate meaning. Compare synthetic.
Antonyms
• (logical): contingent
Source: Wiktionary
An`a*lyt"ic, An`a*lyt"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. analytique. See Analysis.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or
constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; analytic reasoning;
– opposed to synthetic. Analytical or coördinate 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition