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" ;