1.  analytical(a = adj.all) analytic - 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"
Derived forms noun analysis₁, noun analysis₂

2.  analytical(a = adj.all) analytic - of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience; "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition"

   Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; -- opposed to synthetic. [1913 Webster]

1.  of or pertaining to analysis (definition 2). [WordNet 1.5]

2.  of a proposition; necessarily true independent of fact or experience, such as “all spinsters are unmarried”. Opposite of synthetic. [WordNet 1.5]

3.  exercising or involving careful analytical evaluations; as, analytic reasoning; an analytical discussion. [WordNet 1.5]

4.  capable of or given to analyzing; -- of people. [WordNet 1.5]

analytical, adj.
1 using analytic methods.
2 Philol. using separate words instead of inflections (cf. SYNTHETIC).

Idiom:
analytical geometry geometry using coordinates.

Derivative:
analytically adv.

N  decomposition, analysis, dissection, resolution, catalysis, dissolution, corruption, dispersion, disjunction, disintegration, decomposed, catalytic, analytical, resolvent, separative, solvent.

analytical balance, analytical cubism, analytical geometry, analytical review, factor analytical