Analytic

What does ANALYTIC mean?

1. adjective

   using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus

   “analytic statics”

2. adjective

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

   “an analytic experiment”

3. adjective

   expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection

4. adjective

   of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience

   “`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition”

Definitions from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University.