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The definition of analytic is learning about things by examining what they consist of, or some process of learning about things by examining smaller parts of a whole.

(adjective)

A person who is good at solving problems is an example of a person with an analytic mind.

See analytic in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

of analysis or analytics
that separates into constituent parts
skilled in or using analysis: an analytic mind
Linguis. expressing syntactic relationships by the use of uninflected function words instead of inflections (Ex.: in English, more often instead of oftener)
Logic necessarily true by virtue of the meaning of its component terms alone, without reference to external fact, and with its denial resulting in self-contradiction; tautologous: an analytic proposition

Origin: ML analyticus < Gr analytikos < analytos, soluble: see analysis

See analytic in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Of or relating to analysis or analytics.
Dividing into elemental parts or basic principles.
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).
Expert in or using analysis, especially in thinking: an analytic mind; an analytic approach. See Synonyms at logical.
Logic Following necessarily; tautologous: an analytic truth.
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.
Linguistics Expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words instead of an inflected form.
Psychoanalytic.