analytic

an·a·lyt·ic  (n-ltk) or an·a·lyt·i·cal (--kl)

adj.

1. Of or relating to analysis or analytics.

2. Dividing into elemental parts or basic principles.

3. Reasoning or acting from a perception of the parts and interrelations of a subject: "Many of the most serious pianists have turned toward more analytic playing, with a renewed focus on the architecture and ideas of music" (Annalyn Swan).

4. Expert in or using analysis, especially in thinking: an analytic mind; an analytic approach. See Synonyms at logical.

5. Logic Following necessarily; tautologous: an analytic truth.

6. Mathematics

a. Using, subjected to, or capable of being subjected to a methodology involving algebra or other methods of mathematical analysis.

b. Proving a known truth by reasoning from that which is to be proved.

7. Linguistics Expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words instead of an inflected form.

8. Psychoanalytic.

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[Medieval Latin analyticus, from Greek analutikos, from analein, to resolve; see analysis.]

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ana·lyti·cal·ly adv.

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analytic [ˌænəˈlɪtɪk], analytical [ˌænəˈlɪtɪk^əl]

adj

1. relating to analysis

2. capable of or given to analysing an analytic mind

3. (Linguistics) Also isolating Linguistics denoting languages, such as Chinese, whose morphology is characterized by analysis Compare synthetic [3] agglutinative [2] polysynthetic

4. (Philosophy / Logic) Logic (of a proposition)

a.  true by virtue of the meanings of the words alone without reference to the facts, as all spinsters are unmarried

b.  true or false by virtue of meaning alone; so all spinsters are married is analytically false Compare synthetic [4] a priori

5. (Mathematics) Also regular holomorphic Maths (of a function of a complex variable) having a derivative at each point of its domain

[via Late Latin from Greek analutikos from analuein to dissolve, break down; see analysis]

analytically  adv

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	analytic - using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus; "analytic statics" math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
	2.	analytic - 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" analytical synthetical, synthetic - involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis; "limnology is essentially a synthetic science composed of elements...that extend well beyond the limits of biology"- P.S.Welch
	3.	analytic - expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection uninflected linguistics - the scientific study of language synthetic - systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words
	4.	analytic - of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience; "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition" analytical logic - the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference a priori - involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported by fact; "an a priori judgment" deductive - involving inferences from general principles logical - capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning; "a logical mind" synthetical, synthetic - of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts; "`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition"

Translations

analytic

adj → analytisch