Analytical
[ænə'lɪtɪk(ə)l] or [,ænə'lɪtɪkl]
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; analytic reasoning; -- opposed to synthetic.
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Examples
- In full sight of whom, the malignant star of the Analytical has pre-ordained that pain and ridicule shall befall him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Edison has said that sometimes he has wondered how it was he did not become an analytical chemist instead of concentrating on electricity, for which he had at first no great inclination. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Thus, with a thoughtful face, he finds his hat and cloak, unseen of the Analytical, and goes his way. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Analytical Chemist again bends and whispers. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The American college student has the gravity and mental habits of a Supreme Court judge; his wild oats are rarely spiritual; the critical, analytical habit of mind is distrusted. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- The Analytical chemist, who is gloomily looking on, has diabolical impulses to suggest 'Wind' and throw up his situation; but represses them. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Analytical Chemist goes to the door, confers angrily with unseen tapper, appears to become mollified by descrying reason in the tapping, and goes out. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Babbage began to design his analytical engine in 1833 and he put together a small portion of it shortly before his death in 1871. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- No one has exerted a greater influence in extending the field of analytical chemistry. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- Meantime the retainer goes round, like a gloomy Analytical Chemist: always seeming to say, after 'Chablis, sir? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The Analytical Chemist going round with champagne, looks very much as if HE could give them a pretty good idea how people did that, if he had a mind. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I have seen too much not to know that the impression of a woman may be more valuable than the conclusion of an analytical reasoner. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Analytical Chemist bends and whispers. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The Analytical Chemist returning, everybody looks at him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Waiting,' returns the Analytical in responsive confidence. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
Edited by Blair