Definition of: analytic

(an′ə·lit′ik) adjective
1. Pertaining to, skilled in, or proceeding by analysis.
2. Resolving into constituent parts or first principles.
3. Ling. Describing a language, such as Modern English, that expresses grammatical relationships and the modification of word meanings by means of particles, auxiliaries, etc., rather than by inflection: opposed to synthetic or inflectional. Also an′a·lyt′i·cal.
—an′a·lyt′i·cal·ly adverb