The Collaborative International Dictionary
analytical \analytical\ adj.
of or pertaining to analysis (definition 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.
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1 exercising or involving careful analytical evaluations; as, analytic reasoning; an analytical discussion.
Syn: appraising(prenominal), evaluative.
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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.