资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Analytic \An`a*lyt"ic\, Analytical \An`a*lyt"ic*al\, a. [Gr. ?:
   cf. F. analytique. See {Analysis}.]
   Of or pertaining to analysis; resolving into elements or
   constituent parts; as, an analytical experiment; analytic
   reasoning; -- opposed to {synthetic}.

   {Analytical} or {co["o]rdinate geometry}. See under
      {Geometry}.

   {Analytic language}, a noninflectional language or one not
      characterized by grammatical endings.

   {Analytical table} (Nat. Hist.), a table in which the
      characteristics of the species or other groups are
      arranged so as to facilitate the determination of their
      names.

资料来源 : WordNet®

coordinate geometry
     n : the use of algebra to study geometric properties; operates
         on symbols defined in a coordinate system [syn: {analytic
         geometry}, {analytical geometry}]