Definition of Analytic

Adjective: analytic ,a-nu'li-tik

(mathematics) using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus
"analytic statics"
Using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles)
"an analytic experiment"; "a keenly analytic man";
- analytical
(linguistics) expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection
- uninflected
(logic) of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience
"'all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition";
- analytical
(maths) complex valued and complex differentiable
"The professor introduced analytic functions of several complex variables";
- holomorphic