Analytic meaning

What does “analytic” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“analytic” is an adjective with 4 meanings. Its most common meaning is: using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus.

analytic

using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus
“analytic statics”
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”
Synonymsanalytical
Oppositessynthetic
expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection
Synonymsuninflected
Oppositessynthetic
of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience
“`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition”
Synonymsanalytical
Oppositessynthetic

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University