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; a keenly analytic man; analytical reasoning; an analytical mind

[ Syn: analytical ]

expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection

[ Syn: uninflected ]

of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience; `all spinsters are unmarried is an analytic proposition

[ Syn: analytical ]