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analytical
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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.

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

ana·lyti·cal·ly adv.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.analytical - 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"
2.analytical - of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience; "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition"
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"

analytical analytic
Translations
analytical [ˌænəˈlɪtɪkəl]
A. ADJanalítico
an analytical minduna mente analítica
B. CPD analytical psychology Npsicología f analítica
analytical [ˌænəˈlɪtɪkəl] adj
[approach, technique, tools] → analytique; [person, mind] → analytique; [reading, study] → analytique
analytical psychology → psychologie analytique
(using chemical analysis) [research] → par analyse chimique
analytical
adjanalytisch; you should try to be more analyticalSie sollten versuchen, etwas analytischer vorzugehen; he hasn’t got a very analytical minder kann nicht analytisch denken
analytical [ˌænəˈlɪtɪkl] analytic [ˌænəˈlɪtɪk] adjanalitico/a


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