analytic

or an·a·lyt·i·cal

[an-l-it-ik or an-l-it-i-kuh l]

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adjective

pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).

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

1580–90; < Medieval Latin analȳticus < Greek analȳtikós, equivalent to analy- (see analysis) + -tikos -tic

Related formsan·a·lyt·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·an·a·lyt·ic, adjectivenon·an·a·lyt·i·cal, adjectivenon·an·a·lyt·i·cal·ly, adverbo·ver·an·a·lyt·ic, adjectiveo·ver·an·a·lyt·i·cal, adjectiveo·ver·an·a·lyt·i·cal·ly, adverbsem·i·an·a·lyt·ic, adjectivesem·i·an·a·lyt·i·cal, adjectivesem·i·an·a·lyt·i·cal·ly, adverbun·an·a·lyt·ic, adjectiveun·an·a·lyt·i·cal, adjectiveun·an·a·lyt·i·cal·ly, adverb

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Related Words for analytic

analytical, investigative, inquiring, rational, sound, systematic

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Contemporary Examples of analytic

She is the author of Creating Bodies: Eating Disorders as Self-Destructive Survival from The Analytic Press.
The Post-Pregnancy Weight-Loss Obsession
Katie Gentile
January 23, 2010

Historical Examples of analytic

The former is dealt with only in the Analytic, the latter only in the Dialectic.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'
Norman Kemp Smith
The Analytic is a dissection of the faculty of the understanding.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'
Norman Kemp Smith
The passage has all the signs of having been written prior to the Analytic.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'
Norman Kemp Smith
In no part of the Critique is this so obvious as in the Analytic of Concepts.
A Commentary to Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'
Norman Kemp Smith
The aim of the Analytic is to answer the second question, viz.
Kant's Theory of Knowledge
Harold Arthur Prichard

British Dictionary definitions for analytic

analytic

analytical (ˌænəˈlɪtɪkəl)

adjective

relating to analysis

capable of or given to analysingan analytic mind

Also: isolating linguistics denoting languages, such as Chinese, whose morphology is characterized by analysisCompare 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 falseCompare 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

Derived Formsanalytically, adverb

Word Origin for analytic

C16: via Late Latin from Greek analutikos from analuein to dissolve, break down; see analysis

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Word Origin and History for analytic

adj.

c.1600, from Medieval Latin analyticus, from Greek analytikos "analytical," from analytos "dissolved" (see analysis).

analytic in Medicine

analytic

[ăn′ə-lĭt′ĭk]

adj.

Of or relating to analysis or analytics.

Expert in or using analysis, especially one who thinks in a logical manner.

Psychoanalytic.