analytic

(ănˌə-lĭtˈĭk) or an·a·lyt·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)

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.

Related Forms:

• anˌa·lytˈi·cal·ly adverb