Analytic or analytical may refer to:

Chemistry

* Analytical chemistry, 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

Mathematics

* Abstract analytic number theory, the application of ideas and techniques from analytic number theory to other mathematical fields * Analytic combinatorics, 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, a function that is locally given by a convergent power series * Analytic capacity, a number that denotes how big a certain bounded analytic function can become * Analytic continuation, a technique to extend the domain of definition of a given analytic function * Analytic manifold, a topological manifold with analytic transition maps * Analytic variety, the set of common solutions of several equations involving analytic functions

Set theory

* Analytical hierarchy, an extension of the arithmetical hierarchy * Analytic set, 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, a tree structure used to analyze logical formulas

Computer science

* Analytic or reductive grammar, a kind of formal grammar that works by successively reducing input strings to simpler forms * Analytics, to find meaningful patterns in data

Other science and technology

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

Social sciences

Psychology

* Analytical psychology, part of the Jungian psychology movement * Cognitive analytic therapy, a form of psychological therapy initially developed in the UK by Anthony Ryle *

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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, 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, the use of analytical reasoning to study legal theory * Analytic journalism, 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