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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles);
- Example: "an analytic experiment"
- Example: "an analytic approach"
- Example: "a keenly analytic man"
- Example: "analytical reasoning"
- Example: "an analytical mind"
[syn: analytic, analytical]

2. of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience;
- Example: "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition"
[syn: analytic, analytical]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Analytic \An`a*lyt"ic\, Analytical \An`a*lyt"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?:
   cf. F. analytique. See Analysis.]
   Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or
   constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; -- opposed
   to synthetic.
   [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

analytical \analytical\ adj.
   1. of or pertaining to analysis (definition 2).
      [WordNet 1.5]

   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.
      [WordNet 1.5]

   3. 1 exercising or involving careful analytical evaluations;
      as, analytic reasoning; an analytical discussion.

   Syn: appraising(prenominal), evaluative.
        [WordNet 1.5]

   4. capable of or given to analyzing; -- of people. an
      analytical mind
      [WordNet 1.5]

   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.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

analytical
    adj 1: using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a
           whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental
           parts or basic principles); "an analytic experiment"; "an
           analytic approach"; "a keenly analytic man"; "analytical
           reasoning"; "an analytical mind" [syn: analytic,
           analytical] [ant: synthetic, synthetical]
    2: of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact
       or experience; "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic
       proposition" [syn: analytic, analytical] [ant:
       synthetic, synthetical]


Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

51 Moby Thesaurus words for "analytical":
   a fortiori, a posteriori, a priori, algebraic, analytic,
   categorical, classificatory, conditional, deductive, dialectic,
   discursive, enthymematic, enumerative, epagogic, examinational,
   examinatorial, examining, explorational, explorative, exploratory,
   fact-finding, feeling, geometric, groping, heuristic, hypothetical,
   indagative, inductive, inferential, inspectional, inspectorial,
   investigational, investigative, investigatory, maieutic,
   mathematical, numeric, ratiocinative, ratiocinatory, rational,
   reasoning, schematic, segmental, soritical, subtle, syllogistic,
   synthetic, tentative, testing, trying, zetetic