ANALYTICAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does analytical mean? 

• ANALYTICAL (adjective)
  The adjective ANALYTICAL has 2 senses:

1. using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles)

2. of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience

  Familiarity information: ANALYTICAL used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANALYTICAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles)

Synonyms:

analytic; analytical

Context example:

an analytical mind

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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience

Synonyms:

analytic; analytical

Context example:

'all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition

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)

 Context examples 

An analytical technique used to separate a multi-component sample by applying a retarding force or gradient to a sample in a solvent stream, which drives the sample toward a thin channel wall.

(Field Flow Fractionation, NCI Thesaurus)

The Flow Cytometry Shared Resource provides Cancer Center investigators with following support: analytical flow cytometry, sorting of cell subpopulations utilizing various criteria, such as intrinsic cell properties, e.g.

(Flow Cytometry Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)

An analytical method that utilizes ultraviolet light to excite the sample and detects the fluorescence emitted during the return of the sample to its ground state.

(Fluorimetry, NCI Thesaurus)

Cupferron is used as an analytical reagent to separate copper, iron and vanadium from other metals.

(Cupferron, NCI Thesaurus)

Chromatography Shared Resource provides Cancer Center investigators with support in the development of chromatography-based analytical methods and scanning calorimetry in studies of cancer and drug development.

(Chromatography Shared Resource, NCI Thesaurus)

Cadmium chloride is used in electroplating, printing, photocopying, dyeing, mirrors, vacuum tubes, lubricants, analytical chemistry and as a chemical intermediate to produce cadmium containing pigments and stabilizers.

(Cadmium Chloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Humphrey Van Weyden, “the cold-blooded fish,” the “emotionless monster,” the “analytical demon,” of Charley Furuseth’s christening, in love!

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

An analytical technique wherein gas chromatography is coupled to mass spectrometry in order to separate, identify, and quantify substances in a sample.

(Gas Chromatography Mass Spectrometry, NCI Thesaurus)

An analytical technique wherein high performance liquid chromatography is coupled to mass spectrometry in order to separate, identify, and quantify substances in a sample.

(High Performance Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometry, NCI Thesaurus)

Microfluidic components form the basis of so-called "lab-on-a-chip" devices that can process microliter and nanoliter volumes and conduct highly sensitive analytical measurements.

(Microfluidics, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)