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 analytical
 
 
 
       
        
         | 1. | (adjective) (logic) of a proposition; necessarily true independent of fact or experience, as "all spinsters are unmarried" |  
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         | 2. | (adjective) using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles); "an analytic experiment"; "an analytic approach"; "a keenly analytic man"; "analytical reasoning"; "an analytical mind" |  
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