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Generally speaking, analytic (from Greek ἀναλυτικός - analytikos) refers to the "having the ability to analyze" or "division into elements or principles."

[edit] Chemistry

• Analytical chemistry, the analysis of material samples to learn their chemical composition and structure
• Analytical technique
• Analytical concentration

[edit] Mathematics

• Analytic geometry, the study of geometry using the principles of algebra
• Analytic combinatorics
• Analytic number theory, a branch of number theory that uses methods from mathematical analysis
• Abstract analytic number theory, the application of ideas and techniques from analytic number theory to other mathematical fields
• Analytic function
• Analytic continuation, a technique to extend the domain of definition of a given analytic function
• Analytic variety, the set of common solutions of several equations involving analytic functions
• Analytic capacity
• Analytic solution: a solution to a problem that can be written in "closed form" in terms of known functions, constants, etc. ^[1]

[edit] Set theory

• Analytic set
• Analytical hierarchy
• Lightface analytic game

[edit] Proof theory

• Analytic proof, in structural proof theory, a proof whose structure is simple in a special way
• Method of analytic tableaux, a fundamental concept in automated theorem proving

[edit] Other areas

• Analytic element method, a numerical method used to solve partial differential equations
• Analytic manifold, a topological manifold with analytic transition maps

[edit] Philosophy

• Analytic philosophy
• Analytic proposition, a statement whose truth can be determined solely through analysis of its meaning
• Analytical Thomism, the movement to present the thought of Thomas Aquinas in the style of modern analytic philosophy
• Postanalytic philosophy

[edit] Psychology

• Analytical psychology, part of the Jungian psychology movement
• Analytical psychodrama
• Individual analytical psychodrama
• Cognitive analytic therapy

[edit] Sociology

• Analytic induction, the systematic examination of similarities between various social phenomena to develop concepts or ideas
• Analytic frame, a detailed sketch or outline of some social phenomenon, representing initial idea of a scientist analyzing this phenomenon

[edit] May also describe

• Analytic language, a natural language in which most morphemes are free (separate), instead of fused together
• Analytic signal, a particular representation of a signal
• Analytical mechanics, a refined, highly mathematical form of classical mechanics
• Analytical Marxism, an interpretation of Marxism
• Analytical jurisprudence, the use of analytical reasoning to study legal theory
• Analytic cubism, one of two major branches of the cubism artistic movement
• Analytical-Literal Translation, a very literal translation of the Bible
• Analytical skills
• Analytical software
• Analytical IT
• Analytic grammar, a kind of formal grammar that works by successively reducing input strings to simpler forms
• Analytical balance, a very high precision (0.1 mg or better) weighing scale
• Analytical ultracentrifuge, an ultracentrifuge that can monitor samples while they're being spun

[edit] See also

• Synthesis
• Analytical engine, a 19th century mechanical general-purpose computer designed by Charles Babbage
• Analytical Society, a 19th century British group who promoted the use of Leibnizian or analytical calculus, as opposed to Newtonian calculus

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