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adjective (a)

• using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus(adj.pert)

  Example:
  Analytic statics.
  

  source: wordnet30
• using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles)(adj.all)

  Example:
  An analytic experiment.
  An analytic approach.
  A keenly analytic man.
  Analytical reasoning.
  An analytical mind.
  

  Synonym:
  analytical
  

  source: wordnet30
• expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection(adj.all)

  Synonym:
  uninflected
  Antonym:
  synthetic
  

  source: wordnet30
• of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience(adj.all)

  Example:
  `all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition.
  

  Antonym:
  synthetic, synthetical
  

  source: wordnet30
• Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; analytic reasoning; -- opposed to synthetic.(adjective)

  source: webster1913