Definitions of analytic:
- adjective: using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus
Example: "Analytic statics"
- adjective: of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience
Example: "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition"
- adjective: expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection
- adjective: using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles)
Example: "An analytic experiment"