analytic
adjective/ˌænəˈlɪtɪk/
/ˌænəˈlɪtɪk/
- (also analytical)using a logical method of thinking about something in order to understand it, especially by looking at all the parts separately
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- (also analytical)using scientific analysis in order to find out about something
- (also isolating)(linguistics) (of languages) using word order rather than word endings to show the functions of words in a sentence compare agglutinative, synthetic
Word Originearly 17th cent.: via Latin from Greek analutikos, from analuein ‘unloose’. The term was adopted in the late 16th cent. as a noun denoting the branch of logic dealing with analysis, with specific reference to Aristotle's treatises on logic, the Analytics (Greek analutika).
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