analytic

Alternative forms

• analytick

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀναλυτικός (analutikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌænəˈlɪtɪk/
• Rhymes: -ɪtɪk

Adjective

analytic (comparative more analytic, superlative most analytic)

1. Of, or relating to any form of analysis, or to analytics.
2. Of, or relating to division into elements or principles.
3. Having the ability to analyse.
4. (logic, of a proposition) that follows necessarily; tautologous.
5. (mathematics) Of, or relating to algebra or a similar method of analysis.
6. (analysis) Being defined in terms of objects of differential calculus such as derivatives.
7. (complex analysis) Holomorphic; complex-differentiable.
8. (linguistics) Of a language, having a grammar principally dependent on the arrangement of uninflected words within sentences to indicate meaning. Compare synthetic.