Analytic - Definition

adj 1: using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and
calculus; "analytic statics"
2: 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" [syn: analytic, analytical] [ant:
synthetic, synthetical]
3: expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words
rather than inflection [syn: analytic, uninflected] [ant:
synthetic]
4: of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact
or experience; "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic
proposition" [syn: analytic, analytical] [ant:
synthetic, synthetical]