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analytic adjective
Meaning : Using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus.
Example :
Analytic statics.
Meaning : Using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles).
Example :
An analytic experiment.
An analytic approach.
A keenly analytic man.
Analytical reasoning.
An analytical mind.
Synonyms : analytical
Involving or of the nature of synthesis (combining separate elements to form a coherent whole) as opposed to analysis.
Limnology is essentially a synthetic science composed of elements...that extend well beyond the limits of biology.synthetic, synthetical
Meaning : Expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection.
Synonyms : uninflected
Systematic combining of root and modifying elements into single words.
syntheticMeaning : Of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience.
Example :
`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition.
Synonyms : analytical
Of a proposition whose truth value is determined by observation or facts.
`all men are arrogant' is a synthetic proposition.synthetic, synthetical
