analytic

/ˌa-nə-ˈli-tik/

analytic borrowed from Late Latin analyticus, borrowed from Greek analytikós, from analýein "to loosen, dissolve, resolve into constitutent elements" + -t-, verbal adjective formative + -ikos ; analytical from Late Latin analyticus +

adjective

  1. of or relating to analysis or analytics; especially : separating something into component parts or constituent elements

  2. being a proposition (such as "no bachelor is married") whose truth is evident from the meaning of the words it contains

  3. skilled in or using analysis especially in thinking or reasoning

noun

  1. the study of geometric properties by means of algebraic operations upon symbols defined in terms of a coordinate system —called also coordinate geometry

noun

  1. a philosophical movement that seeks the solution of philosophical problems in the analysis of propositions or sentences —called also philosophical analysis