Definition of Analytical

Adjective: analytical ,a-nu'li-ti-kul

Using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles)
"analytical reasoning"; "an analytical mind";
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(logic) of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience
"'all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytical proposition";
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