(Logic) Of a proposition; necessarily true independent of fact or experience, such as "all spinsters are unmarried". Opposite of synthetic. Also See: a priori, deductive, logical.
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Exercising or involving careful analytical evaluations; as, analytic reasoning; an analytical discussion.
Synonyms:appraising(prenominal), evaluative.
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Capable of or given to analyzing; of people. "An analytical mind"
Analytical geometry or coordinate geometry. See under Geometry.
Analytic language, a noninflectional language or one not characterized by grammatical endings.
Analytical table (Nat. Hist.), a table in which the characteristics of the species or other groups are arranged so as to facilitate the determination of their names.
