analytic
adjective
1 analytic
Using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus.
Roget 85: numeral, numerical; arithmetical, analytic, algebraic, statistical, numerable, computable, calculable; commensurable, commensurate; incommensurable, incommensurate, ... show more
Roget 461: inquiry etc. v.; inquisitive etc. (curious) 455; requisitive†, requisitory†; catechetical†, inquisitorial, analytic; in search of, in quest of; ... show more
Roget 463: experimental, empirical. probative, probatory†, probationary, provisional; analytic, docimastic†; tentative; unverified, unproven, speculative, untested.
2 analytic
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.
synonym: analytical.
Polish: analityczny
3 analytic
Expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection.
synonym: uninflected.
4 analytic
Of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience:
— `all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition.
synonym: analytical.
Moby thesaurus: a fortiori, a posteriori, a priori, acute, algebraic, analytical, categorical, classificatory, conditional, deductive, deep, dialectic, discursive, enthymematic, enumerative, epagogic, examinational, examinatorial, examining, explorational ... show more.
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