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analytic [,ænə'lɪtɪk] [,ænə'lɪtɪk^əl]

1. 1. adj relating to analysis

2. 2. adj [linguistics] isolating denoting languages, such as Chinese, whose morphology is characterized by analysis - Compare synthetic agglutinative polysynthetic

3. 3. adj capable of or given to analysing

   an analytic mind

4. 4. adj [logic] true by virtue of the meanings of the words alone without reference to the facts, as all spinsters are unmarried

5. 5. adj true or false by virtue of meaning alone; so all spinsters are married is analytically false

6. 6. adj Compare synthetic a priori

7. 7. adj [maths] regular holomorphic (of a function of a complex variable) having a derivative at each point of its domain

8. 8. adj [Etymology] C16: via Late Latin from Greek analutikos from analuein to dissolve, break down; see analysis