analytic in WordNet English dictionary

1. of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience
   "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition"
   analytic  analytical 
   
2. expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection
   analytic  uninflected 
   
3. using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles)
   "an analytic experiment"; "an analytic approach"; "a keenly analytic man"; "analytical reasoning"; "an analytical mind"
   analytic  analytical 
   
4. using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus
   "analytic statics"
   analytic