Semi-analytical
adjective
1.
pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
2.
skilled in or habitually using analysis.
3.
(of a language) characterized by a relatively frequent use of function words, auxiliary verbs, and changes in word order to express syntactic relations, rather than of inflected forms.
Compare synthetic (def 3), polysynthetic (def 1).
4.
Logic. (of a proposition) necessarily true because its denial involves a contradiction, as “All husbands are married.”.
5.
Mathematics.
(of a function of a complex variable) having a first derivative at all points of a given domain; holomorphic; regular.
(of a curve) having parametric equations that represent analytic functions.
(of a proof) using analysis.
adjective
1.
relating to analysis
2.
capable of or given to analysing: an analytic mind
3.
(linguistics) Also isolating. denoting languages, such as Chinese, whose morphology is characterized by analysis Compare synthetic (sense 3), agglutinative (sense 2), polysynthetic
4.
(logic, of a proposition)
true by virtue of the meanings of the words alone without reference to the facts, as all spinsters are unmarried
true or false by virtue of meaning alone; so all spinsters are married is analytically false Compare synthetic (sense 4), a priori
5.
(maths) Also regular, holomorphic. (of a function of a complex variable) having a derivative at each point of its domain
analytic an·a·lyt·ic (ān’ə-lĭt’ĭk) or an·a·lyt·i·cal (-ĭ-kəl)
adj.
Of or relating to analysis or analytics.
Expert in or using analysis, especially one who thinks in a logical manner.
Psychoanalytic.
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