analytic

adjective

an·a·lyt·ic | \ˌa-nə-ˈli-tik

variants: or analytical \-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

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