Analytic

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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; -- opposed
     to {synthetic}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  analytic
       adj 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" [syn: {analytical}] [ant:
           {synthetic}]
       3: expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words
          rather than inflection [syn: {uninflected}] [ant: {synthetic}]
       4: of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of
          fact or experience; "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an
          analytic proposition" [syn: {analytical}] [ant: {synthetic}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  58 Moby Thesaurus words for "analytic":
     a fortiori, a posteriori, a priori, acute, algebraic, analytical,
     categorical, classificatory, conditional, deductive, deep,
     dialectic, discursive, enthymematic, enumerative, epagogic,
     examinational, examinatorial, examining, explorational,
     explorative, exploratory, fact-finding, feeling, geometric,
     groping, heuristic, hypothetical, indagative, inductive,
     inferential, inspectional, inspectorial, investigational,
     investigative, investigatory, keen, maieutic, mathematical,
     numeric, penetrating, piercing, profound, ratiocinative,
     ratiocinatory, rational, reasoning, schematic, segmental, sharp,
     soritical, subtle, syllogistic, synthetic, tentative, testing,
     trying, zetetic