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analytic definition

ana·lytic (an′ə litik)

adjective

  1. of analysis or analytics
  2. that separates into constituent parts
  3. skilled in or using analysis an analytic mind
  4. Linguis. expressing syntactic relationships by the use of uninflected function words instead of inflections (Ex.: in English, more often instead of oftener)
  5. 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

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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