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    ANALYTIC

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     I. (adjective) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experienceplay

    Example:

    'all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition

    Synonyms:

    analytic; analytical

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Also:

    a priori (involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported by fact)

    deductive (involving inferences from general principles)

    logical (capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning)

    Domain category:

    logic (the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference)

    Antonym:

    synthetic (of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflectionplay

    Synonyms:

    analytic; uninflected

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    isolating (relating to or being a language in which each word typically expresses a distinct idea and part of speech and syntactical relations are determined almost exclusively by word order and particles)

    Domain category:

    linguistics (the scientific study of language)

    Antonym:

    synthetic (systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    Using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles)play

    Example:

    an analytical mind

    Synonyms:

    analytic; analytical

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Antonym:

    synthetic (involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis)

    Derivation:

    analysis (the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations)

    analyticity (the property of being analytic)

    Sense 4

    Meaning:

    Using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculusplay

    Example:

    analytic statics

    Classified under:

    Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

    Domain category:

    math; mathematics; maths (a science (or group of related sciences) dealing with the logic of quantity and shape and arrangement)

    Pertainym:

    analysis (a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation)

    Derivation:

    analysis (a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation)

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