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analytic
[ an-l-it-ik ]
/ ˌæn lˈɪt ɪk /
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adjective
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.
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Also an·a·lyt·i·cal [an-l-it-i-kuhl] /ˌæn lˈɪt ɪ kəl/ .
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analytic
analytical (ˌænəˈlɪtɪkəl)
/ (ˌænəˈlɪtɪk) /
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 forms of analytic
analytically, adverbWord Origin for analytic
C16: via Late Latin from Greek analutikos from analuein to dissolve, break down; see analysis
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