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Definition of Analytic
1. Adjective. Using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus. "Analytic statics"
2. Adjective. Using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles). "An analytical mind"
Derivative terms: Analysis, Analyticity, Analysis, Analysis
Antonyms: Synthetic
3. Adjective. Expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection.
Category relationships: Linguistics
Similar to: Isolating
Antonyms: Synthetic
4. Adjective. Of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience. "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition"
Category relationships: Logic
Also: A Priori, Deductive, Logical
Antonyms: Synthetic
Definition of Analytic
1. a. Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; analytic reasoning; -- opposed to synthetic.
Definition of Analytic
1. pertaining to analysis [adj] - See also: analysis
Medical Definition of Analytic
1. Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; analytic reasoning; opposed to synthetic. Analytical or coordinate geometry. See Geometry. Analytic language, a noninflectional language or one not characterised by grammatical endings. Analytical table, a table in which the characteristics of the species or other groups are arranged so as to facilitate the determination of their names. Origin: Gr., cf. F. Analytique. See Analysis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)