analytical

Definition of Analytical in English :

Adjective

1. analytic, analytical

using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles)

Example Sentences:
'an analytic experiment'
'an analytic approach'
'a keenly analytic man'
'analytical reasoning'
'an analytical mind'

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2. analytic, analytical

of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience

Example Sentences:
'all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition'

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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Analytical

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Analytical

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adj.

1.

a. Of or relating to analysis or analytics.

b. Expert in or using analysis, especially in thinking: an analytic mind; an analytic approach. See Synonyms at logical.

2. Dividing into elemental parts or basic principles.

3. Reasoning or acting from a perception of the parts and interrelations of a subject: "Many of the most serious pianists have turned toward more analytic playing, with a renewed focus on the architecture and ideas of music" (Annalyn Swan).

4. Logic Following necessarily; tautologous: an analytic truth.

5. Mathematics

a. Using, subjected to, or capable of being subjected to a methodology involving algebra or other methods of mathematical analysis.

b. Proving a known truth by reasoning from that which is to be proved.

6. Linguistics Expressing a grammatical function by using two or more words instead of an inflected form: Vietnamese is an analytic language.

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