analytical
analytical , adjective
1.
of or pertaining to analysis (definition 2).
2.
(Logic) of a proposition; necessarily true independent of fact or experience, such as “all spinsters are unmarried”. Opposite of synthetic.
3.
exercising or involving careful analytical evaluations; as, analytic reasoning; an analytical discussion.
4.
capable of or given to analyzing; -- of people.
Collocations (3)
Analytical geometry or coordinate geometry , See under Geometry.
Analytic language , a noninflectional language or one not characterized by grammatical endings.
Analytical table (Nat. Hist.) , a table in which the characteristics of the species or other groups are arranged so as to facilitate the determination of their names.