analytic
skilled in or habitually using analysis.
(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).
Logic. (of a proposition) necessarily true because its denial involves a contradiction, as “All husbands are married.”
Mathematics.
(of a function of a complex variable) having a first derivative at all points of a given domain; holomorphic; regular.
(of a curve) having parametric equations that represent analytic functions.
(of a proof) using analysis.
Origin of analytic
1- Also an·a·lyt·i·cal [an-l-it-i-kuhl] /ˌæn lˈɪt ɪ kəl/ .
Other words from analytic
- an·a·lyt·i·cal·ly, adverb
- non·an·a·lyt·ic, adjective
- non·an·a·lyt·i·cal, adjective
- non·an·a·lyt·i·cal·ly, adverb
- o·ver·an·a·lyt·ic, adjective
- o·ver·an·a·lyt·i·cal, adjective
- o·ver·an·a·lyt·i·cal·ly, adverb
- sem·i·an·a·lyt·ic, adjective
- sem·i·an·a·lyt·i·cal, adjective
- sem·i·an·a·lyt·i·cal·ly, adverb
- un·an·a·lyt·ic, adjective
- un·an·a·lyt·i·cal, adjective
- un·an·a·lyt·i·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use analytic in a sentence
Later in the second round, Morey picked up analytics darling Paul Reed.
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Analytically and synthetically we understand the god-idea as previous generations could not understand it.
Theism or Atheism | Chapman CohenAnalytically he was master of more of the fundamental rules of acting than even Lawrence Barrett who was an authority.
Nat Goodwin's Book | Nat C. GoodwinAnalytically it is defined by an equation of the second degree of which the highest terms represent two imaginary lines.
Analytically, it is defined by an equation of the second degree, of which the highest terms have real roots (see Conic Section).
Analytically, I might say I resent this new aristocracy of politics.
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British Dictionary definitions for analytic
analytical (ˌænəˈlɪtɪkəl)
/ (ˌænəˈlɪtɪk) /
relating to analysis
capable of or given to analysing: an analytic mind
Also: isolating linguistics denoting languages, such as Chinese, whose morphology is characterized by analysis: Compare synthetic (def. 3), agglutinative (def. 2), polysynthetic
logic (of a proposition)
true by virtue of the meanings of the words alone without reference to the facts, as all spinsters are unmarried
true or false by virtue of meaning alone; so all spinsters are married is analytically false: Compare synthetic (def. 4), a priori
Also: regular, holomorphic maths (of a function of a complex variable) having a derivative at each point of its domain
Origin of analytic
1Derived forms of analytic
- analytically, adverb
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