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Analytical
{
Anˊa-lyt′ic
,Anˊa-lyt′ic-al
, }Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK]: cf. F.
analytique
. See Analysis
.] Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts;
as, an
; – opposed to analytical
experimentsynthetic
. Analytical geometry
or coördinate 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.