Category:Analytic

An`a*lyt"ic, An`a*lyt"ic*al, a. Etym: [Gr. analytique. See Analysis.]

Defn: Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; analytic reasoning;

-- opposed to synthetic. Analytical or coördinate geometry. See under Geometry.

-- Analytic language, a noninflectional language or one not characterized by grammatical endings.

-- Analytical table (Nat. Hist.), a table in which the characteristics of the species or other groups are arranged so as to facilitate the determination of their names.