analytic

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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presented a very analytical argument for the defendant's guilt

Recent Examples on the Web From a technological front, Stadia impresses, said Randy Nelson, head of mobile insights at analytic firm Sensor Tower. — Mae Anderson, The Denver Post, "Muted launch for Google’s game-streaming service Stadia," 24 Nov. 2019 Anglo-American philosophers have aligned him with various schools of post-analytic thought, seeing him as an idiosyncratic kind of psychologist or sociologist. — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, "Nietzsche’s Eternal Return," 7 Oct. 2019 There is reason for optimism in USC’s analytic outlook, especially on defense. — Ryan R. Bonini, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, "Oregon-USC odds: Ducks favored in tough road task," 31 Oct. 2019 Van Duyne received a bachelor’s degree from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1967 and a Ph.D. in analytic chemistry from the University of North Carolina in 1971. — Bob Goldsborough, chicagotribune.com, "Richard Van Duyne, Northwestern chemistry professor who studied information transfer via minuscule structures, dies," 5 Sep. 2019 The district has invested $6.2 million in video surveillance, with 1,593 analytic cameras installed and another 900 scheduled. — Scott Travis, sun-sentinel.com, "Broward Schools detail the security upgrades since Parkland shooting," 11 Sep. 2019 Many cognitive scientists argue that intuitive and analytic thinking should not be viewed as opposites. — Laura Kutsch, Scientific American, "Can We Rely on Our Intuition?," 15 Aug. 2019 In the current paper, the researchers applied exact analytic techniques to the two-dimensional honeycomb lattice and the three-dimensional diamond lattice. — Marcus Woo, WIRED, "A Child’s Puzzle Helped Uncover How Magnets Really Work," 27 Jan. 2019 The thought occurs that the Red Sox skull-imploding, overthinking, analytic pitching approach needs to be re-evaluated. — Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, "Collapsing Red Sox more about MIA stars than missed calls," 3 Aug. 2019

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“Analytic.” The Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc., https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/analytical. Accessed 10 December 2019.

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adjective

an·a·lyt·ic | \ ˌa-nə-ˈli-tik \

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