Hypertext Webster Gateway: "analytic"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Analytic \An`a*lyt"ic\, Analytical \An`a*lyt"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?:
cf. F. analytique. See {Analysis}.]
Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or
constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; analytic
reasoning; -- opposed to {synthetic}.
{Analytical} 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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
analytic
adj 1: (mathematics) using or subjected to a methodology using
algebra and calculus; "analytic statics"
2: 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" [syn: {analytical}] [ant:
{synthetic}]
3: (linguistics) expressing a grammatical category by using two
or more words rather than inflection [syn: {uninflected}]
[ant: {synthetic}]
4: (logic) of a proposition; necessarily true independent of
fact or experience, as "all spinsters are unmarried" [syn:
{analytical}] [ant: {synthetic}]
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