analytic Meaning, Definition & Usage

adjective using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus
- analytic statics
adjective using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles)
analytical.
- an analytic experiment
- an analytic approach
- a keenly analytic man
- analytical reasoning
- an analytical mind
adjective expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection
uninflected.
adjective of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience
analytical.
- `all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition

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.