ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Analytic

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ˌænəˈlɪtɪk/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Analytic is an adjective meaning Of, or relating to any form of analysis, or to analytics.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

  1. Of, or relating to division into elements or principles.
  2. Having the ability to analyse.
  3. (logic, of a proposition) that follows necessarily by definition; tautologous.
  4. (mathematics) Of, or relating to algebra or a similar method of analysis.
  5. (mathematical analysis) Being defined in terms of objects of differential calculus such as derivatives.
  6. (mathematics, of a function) Being able to be locally represented by convergent power series around every point of the domain.
  7. (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 skills
analytic geometry
She applied an analytic approach to the problem.

Word Forms

Synonyms for analytic

Depending on context, synonyms include analytical, uninflected.

Antonyms for analytic

Common opposites include synthetic.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include analytical, isolating, uninflected, parsing, scoping, annotated.

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