| of a proposition that is necessarily true independent of fact or experience | involving deductive reasoning from a general principle to a necessary effect; not supported by fact |
| expressing a grammatical category by using two or more words rather than inflection | based on hypothesis or theory rather than experiment |
| using or skilled in using analysis (i.e., separating a whole--intellectual or substantial--into its elemental parts or basic principles) | |
| using or subjected to a methodology using algebra and calculus | |