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Definition: Analytical |
AnalyticalAdjective1. 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". 2. (logic) of a proposition; necessarily true independent of fact or experience, as "all spinsters are unmarried". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "analytical" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1686. (references) |
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
| Anachem | English | Analytical Chemistry | N/A |
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Synonym: AnalyticalSynonym: analytic (adj). (additional references) |
| Antonym: synthetic (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Decomposition | Adjective: decomposed; Verb: catalytic, analytical; resolvent, separative, solvent. |
Experiment | Crucible, reagent, check, touchstone, pix; assay, ordeal; ring; litmus paper, curcuma paper, turmeric paper; test tube; analytical instruments. |
Gravity | Balance, scale, scales, steelyard, beam, weighbridge; spring balance, piezoelectric balance, analytical balance, two-pan balance, one-pan balance; postal scale, baby scale. |
Numeration | Arithmetic, analysis, algebra, geometry, analytical geometry, fluxions; differential calculus, integral calculus, infinitesimal calculus; calculus of differences. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Screenplays | You're so analytical! Sometimes you have to let artflowover you. (The Big Chill; writing credit: Barbara Benedek; Lawrence Kasdan) As this analytical episode begins (Roger Ramjet; writing credit: Jean-Claude Carrière) | |
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 | In: "The Meteor Expedition," by F. Spiess, German Atlantic Expedition 1925-1927. Analytical laboratory on the METEOR. Plate 54. Library Call Number C/La S755. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now. |  | Eli Lilly & Co., Indianapolis, Indiana : The Analytical Laboratories- 1886 / Paul Rabut. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
 | Production. Tin smelting. A laboratory assistant at a Southern tin smelter performs delicate analytical operations that determine the amounts of pure metal remaining in slags from the furnaces. Accurate laboratory control is one of the important reasons w. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., Columbia Chemical Division, Barberton, Ohio. Laboratory, analytical titration. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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 | Drumming; drum; beating; methodical; analytical; businesslike; careful; deliberate; disciplined; exact; fixed; framed; methodic; methodized; meticulous; neat; ordered; orderly; planned; precise; regular; scrupulous; set up; structured; systematic; tidy; t. |
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Health | Imprecision in these measurements relates to both biologic and analytical variations. (references) | |
This is particularly important because of the increased biologic and analytical variation inherent in its measurement. (references) | ||
With more advances in genetic technology and rapid molecular analytical methods, progress on defective gene identification and characterization should accelerate. (references) | ||
Business | The U.S. share in the process control and analytical market is comparatively higher than its competitors. (references) | |
U.S. manufacturers of analytical instruments and measuring devices are known for their cutting-edge technology. (references) | ||
Field devices include transmitters and recorders, valves, sensors and analytical instruments as well as motors, drives and activators. (references) | ||
Economic History | Hungary | Analytical instruments are marketed in Hungary mainly through local distributors. (references) |
Switzerland | The dairy industry, a traditional Swiss trade, is also a heavy user of analytical laboratory instruments. (references) | |
Malaysia | Other opportunities are for high-tech water monitoring and analytical equipment, and oil-water separators. (references) | |
Political Economy | Fiji | The Fiji Intelligence Service was dissolved by the Cabinet in 1999, but its functions were absorbed by the Police Special Branch and by an analytical unit that was established in the Ministry of Home Affairs. (references) |
Trade | Italy | For example, the EU has adopted a number of regulations covering production standards, analytical characteristics, product specifications, allowable additives, and labeling. (references) |
Ukraine | The project will strengthen the capacity of the statistical system to provide quality and timely data for economic and social policy, business decisions, and general analytical work. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Netherlands | The Bureau receives about $600,000 (1.5 million guilders) per year from five different ministries (Justice, Internal Affairs, Foreign Affairs, Social Affairs, and Health.) Its first report will be submitted in the spring of 2002. The Government cooperates closely with other government on trafficking, and EUROPOL, established in the Hague, provides analytical support and administrative expertise to European Union member-state law enforcement agencies on trafficking matters. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Analytical" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 97.30% of the time. "Analytical" is used about 815 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 97.3% | 793 | 8,741 |
| Noun (proper) | 2.7% | 22 | 74,468 |
| Total | 100.00% | 815 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Analytical Surveys, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "analytical": Advanced Mobile Analytical Laboratory ♦ analytical accounts ♦ analytical balance ♦ analytical chemist ♦ analytical cubism ♦ analytical description ♦ analytical Engine ♦ analytical entry ♦ Analytical Geometry ♦ analytical instruments ♦ analytical lab ♦ analytical Machine ♦ Analytical or Coordinate ♦ analytical review ♦ analytical subdivisions ♦ Analytical table ♦ Analytical trigonometry. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "analytical": anti-analytical, ap-analytical, bio-analytical, half-analytical, non-analytical, pre-analytical, psycho-analytical, self-analytical. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "analytical"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | analis (analyst). (various references) | |
Arabic | خاص بالتحليل النفسي (psychological). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | аналитичен (analytic, discursive). (various references) | |
Chinese | 分析 (Analysis). (various references) | |
Danish | analytisk. (various references) | |
Dutch | analytisch (analytic). (various references) | |
Esperanto | analitika (analytic). (various references) | |
Finnish | analyyttinen kirjaus (analytical description, analytical entry), analyysipuhdasta laatua oleva reagenssi (reagent of recognized analytical reagent quality), valmistuskirjanpito (analytical accounts, cost accounting, management accounting), sisäinen laskentatoimi (analytical accounts, cost accounting, management accounting), kustannuslaskenta (analytical accounts, cost accounting, cost calculation, cost evaluation, costing, management accounting), erikoislisäluvut (analytical subdivisions). (various references) | |
French | analytique (analytic, analytics). (various references) | |
German | analytisch (analytic). (various references) | |
Greek | αναλυτικόσ (analytic), αναλυτικός (analytic). (various references) | |
Hungarian | analitikai mérleg (analytical balance, chemical balance). (various references) | |
Indonesian | analitis. (various references) | |
Italian | analizzatore (analyst, analyzer), analitico (analytic). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 分解的 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぶんかいてき. (various references) | |
Korean | 분석 (Analyses, Analysis, Analytic, Analyzing, Assaying, parsing). (various references) | |
Manx | oltscarree, bun-ronsee. (various references) | |
Papiamen | analítiko (analytic). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | analyticalay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | analítico (analytic). (various references) | |
Romanian | analitic (analytic, annalitical). (various references) | |
Russian | аналитический (analytic). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | analitički (analytic). (various references) | |
Spanish | analítico (analytic). (various references) | |
Swedish | analytisk (analytic). (various references) | |
Turkish | analitik (analytic), çözümsel (analytic), çözümlemeli (analytic). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | аналітичний (analytic, divisive, theoretical). (various references) | |
Welsh | dadansoddol. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "analytical": analytically. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "analytical": cryptanalytical, electroanalytical, microanalytical, overanalytical, psychoanalytical. (additional references) | |
Words containing "analytical": psychoanalytically. (additional references) | |
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"Analytical" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: analitical, analiticaly, analyical, analyitical, analyntical, Analyticae, Analyticals, analyticaly, analyticl. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "analytical" (pronounced a'nuli"tikul) |
| 8 | -u l i" t i k u l | apolitical, geopolitical, nonpolitical. |
| 6 | -i" t i k u l | critical, hypercritical, hypocritical, uncritical. |
| 5 | -t i k u l | acoustical, alphabetical, antithetical, astronautical, dialectical, ecclesiastical, egotistical, elliptical, fanatical, heretical, identical, statistical, tactical, testicle, logistical, mathematical, mystical, optical, pharmaceutical, problematical, sabbatical, theoretical, vertical, viatical. |
| 4 | -i k u l | archaeological, archeological, astrological, astronomical, asymmetrical, atypical, autobiographical, bicycle, biographical, biological, biomedical, biotechnological, botanical, categorical, cervical, chronological, classical, comical, conical, cubicle, cyclical, cylindrical, cynical, dermatological, diabolical, ecological, economical, ecumenical, electrical, electrochemical, electromechanical, empirical, encyclical, epidemiological, eschatological, ethical, ethnical, evangelical, galenical, geographical, geological, geometrical, graphical, gynecological, helical, historical, hysterical, icicle, ideological, illogical, immunological, spherical, stereotypical, strategical, surgical, symmetrical, technical, technological, teleological, theatrical, theological, inimical, ironical, lackadaisical, lexical, liturgical, logical, lyrical, magical, mechanical, metallurgical, metaphorical, metaphysical, methodological, metrical, morphological, musical, mythological, neoclassical, neurological, nonelectrical, nonsensical, nonsurgical, nontechnical, ontological, ornithological, paradoxical, pathological, pedagogical, periodical, petrochemical, pharmacological, philosophical, phonological, physical, physiological, popsicle, preclinical, prototypical, psychical, psychological, puritanical, rabbinical, radiological, rhetorical, semiclassical, semicylindrical, semitropical, serological, sociological, topical, toxicological, tricycle, tropical, typographical, tyrannical, umbilical, uneconomical, unethical, untypical, vehicle, virological, whimsical, zoological. |
| 3 | -k u l | aeronautical, agrochemical, allegorical, anarchical, anatomical, ankle, anthropological, article, barnacle, biblical, bifocal, biochemical, brickle, buckle, cackle, chemical, Chronicle, chuckle, circle, clavicle, clerical, clinical, commonsensical, coracle, cortical, crackle, cuticle, cycle, debacle, diacritical, domical, ducal, encircle, epochal, equivocal, etymological, farcical, fecal, fickle, fiscal, focal, follicle, freckle, geophysical, gonococcal, grackle, grammatical, granduncle, hackle, heckle, heterocercal, hierarchical, honeysuckle, Huckle, hypothetical, impractical, Sokol, sparkle, speckle, spectacle, sprinkle, stickle, suckle, tabernacle, tackle, tentacle, jackal, knuckle, local, maniacal, matriarchal, medical, meikle, meteorological, methodical, Mickle, miracle, monocle, motorcycle, muckle, mythical, nautical, nickel, Nickle, Nicol, numerical, obstacle, Oracle, oratorical, particle, patriarchal, photochemical, pickle, pinnacle, polemical, political, pontifical, practical, pumpernickel, quizzical, radical, ramshackle, rankle, rascal, receptacle, reciprocal, recycle, ruckle, runkle, satirical, shackle, shekel, sickle, skeptical, tickle, tinkle, trickle, twinkle, typical, uncle, unequivocal, unicycle, unshackle, vocal, Winkle, wrinkle. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-c-i-l-l-n-t-y" | |
-1 letter: antically. | |
-2 letters: analytic. | |
-3 letters: actinal, anality, ancilla, anticly, callant, cantala, lanital. | |
-4 letters: alanyl, anally, callan, catlin, clinal, lacily, laical, litany, tincal. | |
-5 letters: actin, alant, aliya, allay, antic, calla, canal, canty, inlay, laity, lanai, liana, lilac, linac, linty, lytic, natal, nyala, tally, tical. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-c-i-l-l-n-t-y" | |
+1 letter: fanatically, satanically. | |
+2 letters: analytically, anatomically. | |
+3 letters: avocationally, catatonically, fantastically. | |
+4 letters: aeronautically, intracardially, intracranially, morganatically, overanalytical, talismanically, undramatically. | |
+5 letters: anacoluthically, astronautically, cryptanalytical, intravascularly, microanalytical, paragenetically. | |
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