"analytic" in the adjective sense
1. analytic
using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus
"analytic statics"
2. analytic, analytical
using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole
3. analytic, uninflected
expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection
4. analytic, analytical
of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience
"`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition"
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