Definition of Analytical

1. Adjective. Using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles). "An analytical mind"

Exact synonyms: Analytic
Derivative terms: Analysis, Analyticity, Analysis, Analysis
Antonyms: Synthetic

2. Adjective. Of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience. "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition"
Exact synonyms: Analytic
Category relationships: Logic
Also: A Priori, Deductive, Logical
Antonyms: Synthetic

Definition of Analytical

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment ¹

2. Adjective. Analytic reasoning as opposed to synthetic. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Analytical

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Analytical

1. Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; analytic reasoning; opposed to synthetic. Analytical or coordinate geometry. See Geometry. Analytic language, a noninflectional language or one not characterised by grammatical endings. Analytical table, a table in which the characteristics of the species or other groups are arranged so as to facilitate the determination of their names. Origin: Gr., cf. F. Analytique. See Analysis. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Analytical

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Literary usage of Analytical

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant (1901)
"But we shall have also to speak of the principle of analytical judgments, in opposition to synthetical judgments, which is the proper subject of our ..."

2. Catalogue of Scientific Papers, 1800-1900: Subject Indexby Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod by Royal Society (Great Britain), Herbert McLeod (1908)
"Projective geometry and analytical representation. ... Similar figures, analytical treatment. Morley, FNY Am. Mth. S. Bll. 1 (1895) 235-. ..."

3. The Positive Philosophy of Auguste Comte by Auguste Comte, Frederic Harrison (1896)
"It is sufficient in fact, to obtain from the analytical system ... analytical Geometry still presents some Imperfections imperfections on the side both of ..."

4. The Monist by Hegeler Institute (1920)
"In this article, after a mention is made of Leibniz's analytical work of ... In § IX a short analytical summary of much of Newton's work on the dynamics of ..."

5. An Introduction to the Study of Society by Albion Woodbury Small, George Edgar Vincent (1894)
"Sociology is primarily historical and analytical Sociology involves ... Sociology includes these historical and analytical social sciences somewhat as the ..."

6. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1912)
"The quantitative determination of the alkali metals has long been one of the most troublesome of analytical problems. In 1900, Adie and Wood1 demonstrated ..."

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