analytic

Adjective
  1. Using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus (synset 302630967)
    "analytic statics"
    referred to in: math, mathematics, maths - a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement
  2. Using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles) (synset 300113042)
    "an analytic experiment"; "an analytic approach"; "a keenly analytic man"; "analytical reasoning"; "an analytical mind"
    same as: analytical
  3. Expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection (synset 300112226)
    referred to in: linguistics - the scientific study of language
    similar to: isolating - relating to or being a language in which each word typically expresses a distinct idea and part of speech and syntactical relations are determined almost exclusively by word order and particles
    same as: uninflected
  4. Of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience (synset 300111664)
    "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition"
    also:
    • a priori - involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported by fact
    • deductive - involving inferences from general principles
    • logical - capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning
    referred to in: logic - the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference
    same as: analytical

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