an·a·lyt·ic

(ăn′ə-lĭt′ĭk) or an·a·lyt·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)

adj.

a. Of or relating to analysis or analytics.

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

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. Logic Following necessarily; tautologous: an analytic truth.

5. 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.

6. Linguistics Expressing a grammatical function by using two or more words instead of an inflected form: Vietnamese is an analytic language.

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

an′a·lyt′i·cal·ly adv.

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Adv.

analytically - by virtue of analysis; "assuming that the distinction is maintained one may ask which is to be analytically prior?"

Translations

analytiquement

analytically

[ˌænəˈlɪtɪkli] adv [think, question] → d'une manière analytique

analytically

adv → analytisch

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analytically

[ˌænəˈlɪtɪklɪ] adv → analiticamente