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analytic

ana·ly·tic

UK/ˌænəˈlɪtɪk/ US/ˌænʌˈlɪtɪk/ common

adjective

1.

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”
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3.

expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection

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4.

of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience

  • “all spinsters are unmarried”
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Origin

From Ancient Greek ἀναλυτικός (analutikós).

Phrases

  • abstract analytic number theory
  • analytic capacity
  • analytic combinatorics
  • analytic continuation
  • analytic cubism
  • analytic element method
  • analytic frame
  • analytic function

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