ANALYTIC
Dictionary entry overview: What does analytic mean?
• ANALYTIC (adjective)
The adjective ANALYTIC has 4 senses:
1. using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus
2. using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles)
3. expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection
4. of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience
Familiarity information: ANALYTIC used as an adjective is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• ANALYTIC (adjective)
Meaning:
Using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Context example:
analytic statics
Domain category:
math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)
Pertainym:
analysis (a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation)
Meaning:
Using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles)
Synonyms:
analytical; analytic
Context examples:
an analytic experiment / an analytic approach / a keenly analytic man / analytical reasoning / an analytical mind
Antonym:
synthetic (involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis)
Meaning:
Expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection
Synonyms:
analytic; uninflected
Similar:
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)
Domain category:
linguistics (the scientific study of language)
Antonym:
synthetic (systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words)
Meaning:
Of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience
Synonyms:
analytical; analytic
Context example:
'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)
Domain category:
logic (the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference)
Antonym:
synthetic (of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts)
