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"
expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection
"In many English texts, the analytic approach expresses tense and number through separate words instead of changing the verb ending."
of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience
"`all spinsters are unmarried' is an analytic proposition"
Of, or relating to any form of analysis, or to analytics.
"The company launched an analytic dashboard to track user behavior and optimize their marketing strategies."
In plain English: Analytic means showing an ability to break things down into smaller parts to study them carefully.
"The analytic approach helps break down complex problems into smaller, manageable parts."
Usage: Use "analytic" as an adjective before nouns like "skills" or "approach," but reserve the noun form "analytics" for fields like business data. Avoid confusing this with "analysis," which is a separate noun referring to the process itself rather than the quality of being analytical.
The word analytic comes from the Ancient Greek analutikos, which originally meant "capable of being broken down." It entered English through French to describe something that involves detailed analysis or logical breakdown.