analytic

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Definition

adjective using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus
adjective using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles)
adjective expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection

From Ancient Greek ἀναλυτικός (analutikós).

Logic, 201. analytic not constructive, 8. — Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy, Bertrand Russell
The former recognizes, however, two sorts,--analytic and synthetic. — Leibniz's New Essays Concerning the Human Understanding: A Critical Exposition, John Dewey
Her analytic habit gained more and more upon her as she wrote. — From Chaucer to Tennyson: With Twenty-Nine Portraits and Selections from Thirty Authors, Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers

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