analytic
skilled in or habitually using analysis.
(of a language) characterized by a relatively frequent use of function words, auxiliary verbs, and changes in word order to express syntactic relations, rather than of inflected forms.: Compare synthetic (def. 3), polysynthetic (def. 1).
Logic. (of a proposition) necessarily true because its denial involves a contradiction, as “All husbands are married.”
Mathematics.
(of a function of a complex variable) having a first derivative at all points of a given domain; holomorphic; regular.
(of a curve) having parametric equations that represent analytic functions.
(of a proof) using analysis.
Origin of analytic
1- Also an·a·lyt·i·cal [an-l-it-i-kuhl] /ˌæn lˈɪt ɪ kəl/ .
Other words from analytic
- an·a·lyt·i·cal·ly, adverb
- non·an·a·lyt·ic, adjective
- non·an·a·lyt·i·cal, adjective
- non·an·a·lyt·i·cal·ly, adverb
- o·ver·an·a·lyt·ic, adjective
- o·ver·an·a·lyt·i·cal, adjective
- o·ver·an·a·lyt·i·cal·ly, adverb
- sem·i·an·a·lyt·ic, adjective
- sem·i·an·a·lyt·i·cal, adjective
- sem·i·an·a·lyt·i·cal·ly, adverb
- un·an·a·lyt·ic, adjective
- un·an·a·lyt·i·cal, adjective
- un·an·a·lyt·i·cal·ly, adverb
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British Dictionary definitions for analytic
analytical (ˌænəˈlɪtɪkəl)
/ (ˌænəˈlɪtɪk) /
relating to analysis
capable of or given to analysing: an analytic mind
Also: isolating linguistics denoting languages, such as Chinese, whose morphology is characterized by analysis: Compare synthetic (def. 3), agglutinative (def. 2), polysynthetic
logic (of a proposition)
true by virtue of the meanings of the words alone without reference to the facts, as all spinsters are unmarried
true or false by virtue of meaning alone; so all spinsters are married is analytically false: Compare synthetic (def. 4), a priori
Also: regular, holomorphic maths (of a function of a complex variable) having a derivative at each point of its domain
Origin of analytic
1Derived forms of analytic
- analytically, adverb
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