analytic

adjective

an·a·lyt·ic | \ ˌa-nə-ˈli-tik

variants: or analytical \ ˌa-nə-ˈli-ti-kəl

Definition of analytic

1 : of or relating to analysis or analytics especially : separating something into component parts or constituent elements

2 : being a proposition (such as "no bachelor is married") whose truth is evident from the meaning of the words it contains — compare synthetic

3 : skilled in or using analysis especially in thinking or reasoning a keenly analytic person/mind an analytical study

4 linguistics : characterized by the use of function words rather than inflectional forms to express grammatical relationships analytic languages

5 : psychoanalytic

6 mathematics : treated or treatable by or using the methods of algebra and calculus

7 mathematics

a of a function of a real variable : capable of being expanded in a Taylor's series in powers of x − h in some neighborhood of the point h

b of a function of a complex variable : differentiable at every point in some neighborhood of a given point

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Other Words from analytic

analytically \ ˌa-nə-ˈli-ti-k(ə-)lē

\ adverb

analyticity \ ˌa-nə-lə-ˈti-sə-tē

\ noun

Examples of analytic in a Sentence

presented a very analytical argument for the defendant's guilt

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History and Etymology for analytic

analytic borrowed from Late Latin analyticus, borrowed from Greek analytikós, from analýein "to loosen, dissolve, resolve into constitutent elements" + -t-, verbal adjective formative + -ikos -ic entry 1; analytical from Late Latin analyticus + -al entry 1 — more at analysis