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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
analytical \analytical\ adjective
1. of or pertaining to analysis (definition 2). [WordNet 1.5]
2. (Logic) of a proposition; necessarily true independent of fact or experience, such as ''all spinsters are unmarried''. Opposite of {synthetic}. Also See: {a priori}, {deductive, {logical}. [WordNet 1.5]
3. 1 exercising or involving careful analytical evaluations; as, analytic reasoning; an analytical discussion.
Syn: appraising(prenominal), evaluative. [WordNet 1.5]
4. capable of or given to analyzing; -- of people. an analytical mind [WordNet 1.5]
{Analytical geometry} or {co["o]rdinate geometry}. See under {Geometry}.
{Analytic language}, a noninflectional language or one not characterized by grammatical endings.
{Analytical table} (Nat. Hist.), a table in which the characteristics of the species or other groups are arranged so as to facilitate the determination of their names.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Analytic \An'a*lyt"ic\, Analytical \An'a*lyt"ic*al\, adjective [Gr. ?: cf. F. analytique. See {Analysis}.] Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; -- opposed to {synthetic}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
analytical
adjective
1: using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles); "an analytic experiment"; "an analytic approach"; "a keenly analytic man"; "analytical reasoning"; "an analytical mind" [syn: {analytic}] [ant: {synthetic}]
2: of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience; "'all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition" [syn: {analytic}] [ant: {synthetic}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
51 Moby Thesaurus words for "analytical": a fortiori, a posteriori, a priori, algebraic, analytic, categorical, classificatory, conditional, deductive, dialectic, discursive, enthymematic, enumerative, epagogic, examinational, examinatorial, examining, explorational, explorative, exploratory, fact-finding, feeling, geometric, groping, heuristic, hypothetical, indagative, inductive, inferential, inspectional, inspectorial, investigational, investigative, investigatory, maieutic, mathematical, numeric, ratiocinative, ratiocinatory, rational, reasoning, schematic, segmental, soritical, subtle, syllogistic, synthetic, tentative, testing, trying, zetetic
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