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analytic

[ an-l-it-ik ]

adjective

  1. pertaining to or proceeding by analysis ( synthetic ).
  2. skilled in or habitually using analysis.
  3. (of a language) characterized by a relatively frequent use of function words, auxiliary verbs, and changes in word order to express syntactic relations, rather than of inflected forms. Compare synthetic ( def 3 ), polysynthetic ( def 1 ).
  4. Logic. (of a proposition) necessarily true because its denial involves a contradiction, as “All husbands are married.”
  5. Mathematics.
    1. (of a function of a complex variable) having a first derivative at all points of a given domain; holomorphic; regular.
    2. (of a curve) having parametric equations that represent analytic functions.
    3. (of a proof ) using analysis.


analytic

/ ˌænəˈlɪtɪkəl; ˌænəˈlɪtɪk /

adjective

  1. relating to analysis
  2. capable of or given to analysing

    an analytic mind

  3. Alsoisolating linguistics denoting languages, such as Chinese, whose morphology is characterized by analysis Compare synthetic agglutinative polysynthetic
  4. logic of a proposition
    1. true by virtue of the meanings of the words alone without reference to the facts, as all spinsters are unmarried
    2. true or false by virtue of meaning alone; so all spinsters are married is analytically false Compare synthetic a priori
  5. Alsoregularholomorphic maths (of a function of a complex variable) having a derivative at each point of its domain
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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  • ˌԲˈپ, adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of analytic1

First recorded in 1580–90; from Medieval Latin Բ̄پܲ, from Greek Բ̄پó, from analy- ( analysis ) + -tikos -tic
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of analytic1

C16: via Late Latin from Greek analutikos from analuein to dissolve, break down; see analysis
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