analytical has definitions from the field of logic
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[ adjective ] using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles)

Synonyms

analytic

Examples

"an analytic experiment" "an analytic approach" "a keenly analytic man" "analytical reasoning"

Used in print

(M. Yokoyama et al., "Chemical and serological...)

Fractions from the column which were to be subjected to analytical ultracentrifugation were concentrated by negative pressure dialysis and dialyzed for 16 hr in the cold against at_least 500 volumes of phosphate buffered saline , pH 7.2 , ionic strength 0.154 .

Related terms

synthetic

2
[ adjective ] (logic) of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience

Synonyms

analytic

Examples

"`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition"

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