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ANALYTICAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience
Example:
'all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition
Synonyms:
analytic; analytical
Classified under:
Also:
a priori (involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported by fact)
deductive (involving inferences from general principles)
logical (capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning)
Domain category:
logic (the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles)
Example:
an analytical mind
Synonyms:
analytic; analytical
Classified under:
Derivation:
analysis (an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole)
analysis (the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations)
Context examples:
A series of analytical methods that provide information about nanoscale entities such as composition, structure and defects.
(Nanoparticle Characterization, NCI Thesaurus)
Michler's base is used as a chemical intermediate in the manufacture of dyes and for its hydrochloric salt and is also used as an analytical reagent in the determination of lead.
(Michler's Base, NCI Thesaurus)
Several analytical techniques are utilized to quantify the metabolic content of specimens such as mass spectrometry and electrophoretic applications.
(Metabolomics, NCI Thesaurus)
An analytical technique wherein liquid chromatography is coupled to mass spectrometry in order to separate, identify, and quantify substances in a sample.
(Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
An analytical technique wherein ions are separated according to their ratio of charge to mass.
(Mass Spectrometry, NCI Thesaurus)
Any analytical testing operation not otherwise specified.
(Analytical Laboratory Testing, Not Otherwise Specified, NCI Thesaurus)
Calcium sulfate is used in electroplating, vacuum tubes, fluorescent screens, analytical chemistry, as a fungicide and as a chemical intermediate to produce cadmium containing pigments and stabilizers.
(Cadmium Sulfate, NCI Thesaurus)
The Analytical Biochemistry Shared Resource provides chemistry services featuring mass spectrometry, chromatography, organic synthesis, and analytical biochemistry.
(Analytical Biochemistry Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)
This analytical platform presents results comparable to those achieved using commercial instruments and has been validated in its measurement of various important compounds, such as glucose and pH.
(Scientists design platform to conduct chemical analysis using a smartphone, University of Granada)
No case, however, in which Holmes was engaged has ever illustrated the value of his analytical methods so clearly or has impressed those who were associated with him so deeply.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
