analytic

[ 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.

  1. (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).

  2. Logic. (of a proposition) necessarily true because its denial involves a contradiction, as “All husbands are married.”

  3. 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
First recorded in 1580–90; from Medieval Latin analȳticus, from Greek analȳtikós, from analy- (see analysis) + -tikos -tic
  • 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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British Dictionary definitions for analytic

analytic

analytical (ˌænəˈlɪtɪkəl)

/ (ˌænəˈlɪtɪk) /


adjective
  1. relating to analysis

  2. capable of or given to analysing: an analytic mind

  1. Also: isolating linguistics denoting languages, such as Chinese, whose morphology is characterized by analysis: Compare synthetic (def. 3), agglutinative (def. 2), polysynthetic

  2. 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

  3. Also: regular, holomorphic maths (of a function of a complex variable) having a derivative at each point of its domain

Origin of analytic

1
C16: via Late Latin from Greek analutikos from analuein to dissolve, break down; see analysis

Derived forms of analytic

  • analytically, adverb

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