different between analytic vs polysynthetic

English

Alternative forms

• analytick

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????????? (analutikós).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æn??l?t?k/
• Rhymes: -?t?k

Adjective

analytic (comparative more analytic, superlative most analytic)

1. Of, or relating to any form of analysis, or to analytics.
2. Of, or relating to division into elements or principles.
3. Having the ability to analyse.
4. (logic, of a proposition) that follows necessarily; tautologous.
5. (mathematics) Of, or relating to algebra or a similar method of analysis.
6. (mathematical analysis) Being defined in terms of objects of differential calculus such as derivatives.
7. (complex analysis) Holomorphic; complex-differentiable.
8. (linguistics) Of a language, having a grammar principally dependent on the arrangement of uninflected words within sentences to indicate meaning. Compare synthetic.

Antonyms

• (logical): contingent

Derived terms

Translations

English

Etymology

poly- +? synthetic

Pronunciation

• enPR: p?l?s?nth?t'?k, IPA^(key): /?p?lis?n???t?k/

Adjective

polysynthetic (comparative more polysynthetic, superlative most polysynthetic)

1. (grammar, of languages) Characterized by a prevalence of relatively long words containing a large number of morphemes. Typically, the morphemes are bound.
2. (mineralogy) Having layers of twin crystals

Related terms

• oligosynthetic
• polysynthesis
• polysynthesism
• synthetic

Translations

See also

• agglutinative
• analytic
• fusional
• incorporating
• inflected
• isolating