examining or liking to examine things in detail, in order to discover more about them

New analytic techniques in biology are allowing scientists to study the cell in more detail. 生物学中的新分析技术使科学家能够更详细地研究细胞。

The analytic methods we developed for this project will be useful for our future work.

relating to or using logic (= a formal scientific method of examining or thinking about ideas)

This book is one of the masterpieces of analytic philosophy. 本书是分析哲学的经典之一。

(of a statement) true only because of the meanings of the words, without referring to facts or experience

Analytic truth is only regarded as true because it is independent of experience.

All of their claims rely on empirical data and so are not purely analytic. 他们的所有主张都依赖于经验数据，因此并非纯粹分析性语句。

(of a language) showing grammar through word order rather than by changing the form of words

In analytic languages such as Mandarin, the relationships between words are shown solely by their order. 在像汉语这样的分析语中，词与词的关系只通过词序来体现。

English is more analytic than Spanish. 比起西班牙语，英语更具分析性。