 analytical |
||
| 1. | [ adjective ] using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles) | |
| Synonyms: | analytic | |
| Examples: | "an analytic experiment" "an analytic approach" "a keenly analytic man" "analytical reasoning" |
|
| Related terms: | synthetic | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (logic) of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience | |
| Synonyms: | analytic | |
| Examples: | "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition" |
|
| Related terms: | synthetic logic logical deductive a_priori | |
| Similar spelling: |
analytically analytic analyticity |
|
