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analytic

an·a·lyt·ic [ ànnə líttik ] or an·a·lyt·i·cal [ ànnə líttik'l ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. of analysis: connected with or involving analysis

2. using analysis: able or inclined to separate things into their constituent parts in order to study or examine them, draw conclusions, or solve problems

3. logic true by meaning alone: true by definition or by virtue of the meaning of the words used

4. mathematics differentiable at all points in domain: describes a function of a complex variable that is differentiable at all points in its domain

5. grammar using function words: expressing grammatical relationships by means of function words or word order rather than inflections

[Late 16th century. Via late Latin< Greek analutikos< analuein (see analysis)]

an·a·lyt·i·cal·ly adverb
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