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ADJECTIVE (4)

1. using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus;
- Example: "analytic statics"

2. 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]

3. expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection;
[syn: analytic, uninflected]

4. 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]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

analytic
    adj 1: using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and
           calculus; "analytic statics"
    2: 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]
    3: expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words
       rather than inflection [syn: analytic, uninflected] [ant:
       synthetic]
    4: 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]