{ An`a*lyt"ic (&?;), 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 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.