Analytic

/ˌænəˈlɪtɪk/ · adjective

Meaning

Of, or relating to any form of analysis, or to analytics..

Definitions by Sense

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 by definition; tautologous.
5. (mathematics) Of, or relating to algebra or a similar method of analysis.
6. (mathematical analysis) Being defined in terms of objects of differential calculus such as derivatives.
7. (mathematics, of a function) Being able to be locally represented by convergent power series around every point of the domain.
8. (linguistics) Of a language, having a grammar principally dependent on the arrangement of uninflected function words within sentences to indicate meaning.

Example Sentences

analytic method

analytic geometry

analytic skills

She applied an analytic approach to the problem.

The course covered analytic philosophy in detail.

As for syntax and morphology, the Belter Creole can be categorized as an analytic or isolating language as it uses a high quantity of particles and does not show cases of morphological inflection.

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Word Forms

• more analytic
• most analytic
• analytick

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