The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
analytical \analytical\ adj.
1. of or pertaining to analysis (definition 2).
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2. (Logic) of a proposition; necessarily true independent of
fact or experience, such as "all spinsters are unmarried".
Opposite of synthetic. Also See: a priori,
deductive, {logical.
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3. 1 exercising or involving careful analytical evaluations;
as, analytic reasoning; an analytical discussion.
Syn: appraising(prenominal), evaluative.
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4. capable of or given to analyzing; -- of people. an
analytical mind
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Analytical geometry or co["o]rdinate 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.
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