Analytic

/ˌænəˈlɪtɪk/ adj

adj ·Common ·High school level

Meaning at a glance

  • Primary sense: Of, or relating to any form of analysis, or to analytics.
  • Grammar: analytic is listed as adj.
  • Nearest alternatives: a fortiori, a posteriori, a priori, academic curiosity.
  • Useful contrasts: synthetic, affective orientation, descriptive analysis.
  • Usage evidence: Filtered back projection is an analytic reconstruction algorithm designed to overcome the limitations of conventional back projection.

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, or relating to any form of analysis, or to analytics.

    "analytic method"

  2. 2
    Of, or relating to division into elements or principles.
  3. 3
    Having the ability to analyse.
  4. 4
    that follows necessarily by definition; tautologous.
  5. 5
    Of, or relating to algebra or a similar method of analysis.
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  1. 6
    Being defined in terms of objects of differential calculus such as derivatives.
  2. 7
    Being able to be locally represented by convergent power series around every point of the domain.
  3. 8
    Of a language, having a grammar principally dependent on the arrangement of uninflected function words within sentences to indicate meaning. Compare synthetic.

    "As for syntax and morphology, the Belter Creole can be categorized as an analytic or isolating language as it uses a high quantity of particles and does not show cases of morphological inflection."

Adjective
  1. 1
    of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience wordnet
  2. 2
    expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection wordnet
  3. 3
    using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole — intellectual or substantial — into its elemental parts or basic principles) wordnet
  4. 4
    using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
a fortioria posterioria prioriacademic curiosityacademic logicianaccroides

Antonyms

syntheticaffective orientationdescriptive analysisdescriptive finding

Example

"Filtered back projection is an analytic reconstruction algorithm designed to overcome the limitations of conventional back projection."

Common questions

What does "analytic" mean?

Of, or relating to any form of analysis, or to analytics.

What is a synonym for "analytic"?

Common synonyms include: a fortiori, a posteriori, a priori, academic curiosity, academic logician, accroides.

How do you use "analytic" in a sentence?

Filtered back projection is an analytic reconstruction algorithm designed to overcome the limitations of conventional back projection.

How do you pronounce "analytic"?

Pronounced /ˌænəˈlɪtɪk/.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀναλυτικός (analutikós).

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