adj.
Pronunciation: ˌ a-n ə - ' li-tik
Variant: or an · a · lyt · i · cal \ -ti-k ə l \
Function: adjective
Etymology: Late Latin analyticus, from Greek analytikos, from analyein
Date: 1601
1 : of or relating to analysis or analytics especially : separating something into component parts or constituent elements
2 : being a proposition (as “ no bachelor is married ” ) whose truth is evident from the meaning of the words it contains ― compare SYNTHETIC
3 : skilled in or using analysis especially in thinking or reasoning <a keenly analytic person>
4 : characterized by analysis rather than inflection < analytic languages>
5 : PSYCHOANALYTIC
6 : treated or treatable by or using the methods of algebra and calculus
7 a of a function of a real variable : capable of being expanded in a Taylor's series in powers of x - h in some neighborhood of the point h b of a function of a complex variable : differentiable at every point in some neighborhood of a given point
– an · a · lyt · i · cal · ly \ -ti-k( ə -)l ē \ adverb
– an · a · ly · tic · i · ty \ ˌ a-n ə -l ə - ' ti-s ə -t ē \ noun