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.
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