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1. (mathematics) using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus
   "analytic statics"
    
2. Using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles)
   "an analytic experiment"; "a keenly analytic man";
   - analytical
    
3. (linguistics) expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection
   - uninflected
    
4. (logic) of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience
   "'all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition";
   - analytical
    
5. (maths) complex valued and complex differentiable
   "The professor introduced analytic functions of several complex variables";
   - holomorphic

See also: a priori, deductive, isolating, logical

Antonym: synthetic

Encyclopedia: Analytic