Definition of "analytic" []

• Of or relating to analysis or analytics. (adjective)
• Dividing into elemental parts or basic principles. (adjective)
• Reasoning or acting from a perception of the parts and interrelations of a subject: "Many of the most serious pianists have turned toward more analytic playing, with a renewed focus on the architecture and ideas of music” ( Annalyn Swan). (adjective)
• Expert in or using analysis, especially in thinking: an analytic mind; an analytic approach. See Synonyms at logical. (adjective)
• Logic Following necessarily; tautologous: an analytic truth. (adjective)

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• "In particular, Professor Dyson concludes that I believe that only research which "reduces complicated phenomena to their simpler component parts," what he calls analytic science, "is worthy of the name of science.""
• "I am by no means well-read enough in analytic philosophy to assess these posts in technical terms, although I do think I know enough to follow along and perhaps make a few comments from a purely literary perspective."
• "In order to explore these questions we must at least separate the clearly analytic from the synthetic propositions."