analytical

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CIDE DICTIONARY

analytical, a. [Gr. : cf. F. analytique. See Analysis.].

 Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; -- opposed to synthetic.  [1913 Webster]

analytical, adj. 

•  of or pertaining to analysis (definition 2).  [WordNet 1.5]
•  of a proposition; necessarily true independent of fact or experience, such as “all spinsters are unmarried”. Opposite of synthetic.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  exercising or involving careful analytical evaluations; as, analytic reasoning; an analytical discussion.  [WordNet 1.5]
•  capable of or given to analyzing; -- of people.  [WordNet 1.5]

Analytical geometry or coördinate 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.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

analytical, adj.
1 using analytic methods.
2 Philol. using separate words instead of inflections (cf. SYNTHETIC).

Idiom

analytical geometry geometry using coordinates.

Derivative

analytically adv.

THESAURUS

analytical

a fortiori, a posteriori, a priori, algebraic, analytic, categorical, classificatory, conditional, deductive, dialectic, discursive, enthymematic, enumerative, epagogic, examinational, examinatorial, examining, explorational, explorative, exploratory, fact-finding, feeling, geometric, groping, heuristic, hypothetical, indagative, inductive, inferential, inspectional, inspectorial, investigational, investigative, investigatory, maieutic, mathematical, numeric, ratiocinative, ratiocinatory, rational, reasoning, schematic, segmental, soritical, subtle, syllogistic, synthetic, tentative, testing, trying, zetetic

ROGET THESAURUS

analytical

Decomposition

N decomposition, analysis, dissection, resolution, catalysis, dissolution, corruption, dispersion, disjunction, disintegration, decomposed, catalytic, analytical, resolvent, separative, solvent.