ETYM Greek analysos: cf. French analytique. Related to Analysis.
1. Using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles); SYN. analytical.
2. (Logic) Of a proposition; necessarily true independent of fact or experience, as; SYN. analytical.
3. (Math) Using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus.
4. (Linguistics) Expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection; SYN. uninflected.
In philosophy, a term derived from Kant: the converse of synthetic. In an analytic judgment, the judgment provides no new knowledge; for example: “All bachelors are unmarried.”. + prikaži više

1. Critical; requiring analysis.
2. Analytic.

The science of analysis.
The method of logical analysis.