'analytic' definitions:

Definition of 'analytic'

From: WordNet
adjective
Using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus; "analytic statics"
adjective
Using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole --intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles); "an analytic experiment"; "an analytic approach"; "a keenly analytic man"; "analytical reasoning"; "an analytical mind" [syn: analytic, analytical] [ant: synthetic, synthetical]
adjective
Expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection [syn: analytic, uninflected] [ant: synthetic]
adjective
Of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience; "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition" [syn: analytic, analytical] [ant: synthetic, synthetical]