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Analytical table

analytical \analytical\ adj.

  1. of or pertaining to analysis (definition 2).

  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.

  3. 1 exercising or involving careful analytical evaluations; as, analytic reasoning; an analytical discussion.

    Syn: appraising(prenominal), evaluative.

  4. capable of or given to analyzing; -- of people. an analytical mind

    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.