Generally speaking, analytic (from el, ἀναλυτικός, ''analytikos'') refers to the "having the ability to analyze" or "division into elements or principles". Analytic or analytical can also have the following meanings:

Chemistry

Analytical chemistry Analytical chemistry studies and uses instruments and methods to separate, identify, and quantify matter. In practice, separation, identification or quantification may constitute the entire analysis or be combined with another method. Separati ...

, the analysis of material samples to learn their chemical composition and structure * Analytical technique, a method that is used to determine the concentration of a chemical compound or chemical element *

Analytical concentration Molar concentration (also called molarity, amount concentration or substance concentration) is a measure of the concentration of a chemical species, in particular of a solute in a solution, in terms of amount of substance per unit volume of solut ...

Mathematics

* Abstract analytic number theory, the application of ideas and techniques from analytic number theory to other mathematical fields *

Analytic combinatorics In combinatorics, the symbolic method is a technique for counting combinatorial objects. It uses the internal structure of the objects to derive formulas for their generating functions. The method is mostly associated with Philippe Flajolet an ...

, a branch of combinatorics that describes combinatorial classes using generating functions * Analytic element method, a numerical method used to solve partial differential equations * Analytic expression or analytic solution, a mathematical expression using well-known operations that lend themselves readily to calculation * Analytic geometry, the study of geometry based on numerical coordinates rather than axioms * Analytic number theory, a branch of number theory that uses methods from mathematical analysis

Mathematical analysis

Analytic function In mathematics, an analytic function is a function that is locally given by a convergent power series. There exist both real analytic functions and complex analytic functions. Functions of each type are infinitely differentiable, but complex ...

, a function that is locally given by a convergent power series *

Analytic capacity In the mathematical discipline of complex analysis, the analytic capacity of a compact subset ''K'' of the complex plane is a number that denotes "how big" a bounded analytic function on C \ ''K'' can become. Roughly speaking, ''γ''(''K ...

, a number that denotes how big a certain bounded analytic function can become *

Analytic continuation In complex analysis, a branch of mathematics, analytic continuation is a technique to extend the domain of definition of a given analytic function. Analytic continuation often succeeds in defining further values of a function, for example in a n ...

, a technique to extend the domain of definition of a given analytic function *

Analytic manifold In mathematics, an analytic manifold, also known as a C^\omega manifold, is a differentiable manifold with analytic transition maps. The term usually refers to real analytic manifolds, although complex manifolds are also analytic. In algebraic ge ...

, a topological manifold with analytic transition maps * Analytic variety, the set of common solutions of several equations involving analytic functions

Set theory

Analytical hierarchy In mathematical logic and descriptive set theory, the analytical hierarchy is an extension of the arithmetical hierarchy. The analytical hierarchy of formulas includes formulas in the language of second-order arithmetic, which can have quantifiers ...

, an extension of the arithmetical hierarchy *

Analytic set In the mathematical field of descriptive set theory, a subset of a Polish space X is an analytic set if it is a continuous image of a Polish space. These sets were first defined by and his student . Definition There are several equivalent ...

, the continuous image of a Polish space

Proof theory

* Analytic proof, in structural proof theory, a proof whose structure is simple in a special way *

Analytic tableau In proof theory, the semantic tableau (; plural: tableaux, also called truth tree) is a decision procedure for sentential and related logics, and a proof procedure for formulae of first-order logic. An analytic tableau is a tree structure compu ...

, a tree structure used to analyze logical formulas

Computer science

* Analytic or reductive grammar, a kind of

formal grammar In formal language theory, a grammar (when the context is not given, often called a formal grammar for clarity) describes how to form strings from a language's alphabet that are valid according to the language's syntax. A grammar does not describe ...

that works by successively reducing input strings to simpler forms * Analytics, to find meaningful patterns in data

Other science and technology

Analytic signal In mathematics and signal processing, an analytic signal is a complex-valued function that has no negative frequency components. The real and imaginary parts of an analytic signal are real-valued functions related to each other by the Hil ...

, a particular representation of a signal * Analytical mechanics, a refined, highly mathematical form of classical mechanics * Analytical balance, a very high precision (0.1 mg or better) weighing scale

Philosophy

* Analytic philosophy, a style of philosophy that came to dominate English-speaking countries in the 20th century * Analytic proposition, a statement whose truth can be determined solely through analysis of its meaning *

Analytical Thomism Analytical Thomism is a philosophical movement which promotes the interchange of ideas between the thought of Thomas Aquinas (including the philosophy carried on in relation to his thinking, called 'Thomism'), and modern analytic philosophy. ...

, the movement to present the thought of Thomas Aquinas in the style of modern analytic philosophy *

Postanalytic philosophy Postanalytic philosophy describes a detachment from the mainstream philosophical movement of analytic philosophy, which is the predominant school of thought in English-speaking countries. The ''Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy'' defines the mo ...

, describes a detachment from the mainstream philosophical movement of analytic philosophy, which is the predominant school of thought in English-speaking countries

Social sciences

Psychology

Analytical psychology Analytical psychology ( de , Analytische Psychologie, sometimes translated as analytic psychology and referred to as Jungian analysis) is a term coined by Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist, to describe research into his new "empirical science ...

, part of the Jungian psychology movement *

Cognitive analytic therapy Cognitive analytic therapy (CAT) is a form of psychological therapy initially developed in the United Kingdom by Anthony Ryle. This time-limited therapy was developed in the context of the UK's National Health Service with the aim of providing eff ...

, a form of psychological therapy initially developed in the UK by Anthony Ryle *

Psychoanalysis PsychoanalysisFrom Greek: + . is a set of theories and therapeutic techniques"What is psychoanalysis? Of course, one is supposed to answer that it is many things — a theory, a research method, a therapy, a body of knowledge. In what might b ...

, a set of psychological and psychotherapeutic theories and associated techniques

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

Politics

Analytical Marxism Analytical Marxism is an approach to Marxist theory that was prominent amongst English-speaking philosophers and social scientists during the 1980s. Described by G. A. Cohen as "non-bullshit Marxism", members of this school seek to apply the t ...

, an interpretation of Marxism

Linguistics

* Analytic language, a natural language in which most morphemes are free (separate), instead of fused together

Other areas

Analytical jurisprudence Analytical jurisprudence is a philosophical approach to law that draws on the resources of modern analytical philosophy to try to understand its nature. Since the boundaries of analytical philosophy are somewhat vague, it is difficult to say how ...

, the use of analytical reasoning to study legal theory *

Analytic journalism Analytic journalism is a field of journalism that seeks to make sense of complex reality in order to create public understanding. It combines aspects of investigative journalism and explanatory reporting. Analytic journalism can be seen as a respo ...

, seeks to make sense of a complex reality in order to create public understanding * Analytic cubism, one of two major branches of the cubism artistic movement * Analytical skills