Definition of 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.
3.exercising or involving careful analytical evaluations; as, analytic reasoning; an analytical discussion.
4.capable of or given to analyzing; - of people.
Analytical 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.


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