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an⋅a⋅lyt⋅ic

  [an-l-it-ik]
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–adjective
1. pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic ).
2. skilled in or habitually using analysis.
3. (of a language) characterized by a relatively frequent use of function words, auxiliary verbs, and changes in word order to express syntactic relations, rather than of inflected forms. Compare synthetic (def. 3), polysynthetic (def. 1).
4. Logic. (of a proposition) necessarily true because its denial involves a contradiction, as “All husbands are married.”
5. Mathematics.
a. (of a function of a complex variable) having a first derivative at all points of a given domain; holomorphic; regular.
b. (of a curve) having parametric equations that represent analytic functions.
c. (of a proof) using analysis.
Also, an⋅a⋅lyt⋅i⋅cal.

Origin:
1580–90; < ML analȳticus < Gk analȳtikós, equiv. to analy- (see analysis ) + -tikos -tic

Related forms:
an⋅a⋅lyt⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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an·a·lyt·ic   (ān'ə-lĭt'ĭk)   
adj.  
  1. Of or relating to analysis or analytics.
  2. Dividing into elemental parts or basic principles.
  3. Reasoning or acting from a perception of the parts and interrelations of a subject: "Many of the most serious pianists have turned toward more analytic playing, with a renewed focus on the architecture and ideas of music" (Annalyn Swan).
  4. Expert in or using analysis, especially in thinking: an analytic mind; an analytic approach. See Synonyms at logical.
  5. Logic Following necessarily; tautologous: an analytic truth.
  6. Mathematics
    1. Using, subjected to, or capable of being subjected to a methodology involving algebra or other methods of mathematical analysis.
    2. Proving a known truth by reasoning from that which is to be proved.
  7. Linguistics Expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words instead of an inflected form.
  8. Psychoanalytic.

[Medieval Latin analyticus, from Greek analutikos, from analūein, to resolve; see analysis.]
an'a·lyt'i·cal·ly adv.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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