Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Analytic \An`a*lyt"ic\, Analytical \An`a*lyt"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?:
   cf. F. analytique. See {Analysis}.]
   Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or
   constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; analytic
   reasoning; -- opposed to {synthetic}.

   {Analytical} or {co["o]rdinate 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.

Source : WordNet®

analytic
     adj 1: using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and
            calculus; "analytic statics"
     2: 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" [syn: {analytical}] [ant:
         {synthetic}]
     3: expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words
        rather than inflection [syn: {uninflected}] [ant: {synthetic}]
     4: of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of
        fact or experience; "`all spinsters are unmarried' is an
        analytic proposition" [syn: {analytical}] [ant: {synthetic}]