logic
adjEtymology
From Middle English logik, from Old French logike, from Latin logica, from Ancient Greek λογική (logikḗ, “logic”), from feminine of λογικός (logikós, “of or pertaining to speech or reason or reasoning, rational, reasonable”), from λόγος (lógos, “speech, reason”). Displaced native Old English flitcræft (literally “art of arguing”).
Definitions
logical
A method of human thought that involves thinking in a linear, step-by-step manner about…
A method of human thought that involves thinking in a linear, step-by-step manner about how a problem can be solved. Logic is the basis of many principles including the scientific method.
The study of the principles and criteria of valid inference and demonstration.
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The mathematical study of relationships between rigorously defined concepts and of…
The mathematical study of relationships between rigorously defined concepts and of mathematical proof of statements.
A formal or informal language together with a deductive system or a model-theoretic…
A formal or informal language together with a deductive system or a model-theoretic semantics.
Any system of thought, whether rigorous and productive or not, especially one associated…
Any system of thought, whether rigorous and productive or not, especially one associated with a particular person.
- It's hard to work out his system of logic.
- "It's not a matter of opinion that she wasn't anywhere near her husband when somebody shoved a needle in him," I said, miffed. "I would have seen her." "By that logic, nobody did it because you didn't see anybody."
The part of a system (usually electronic) that performs the boolean logic operations,…
The part of a system (usually electronic) that performs the boolean logic operations, short for logic gates or logic circuit.
- Fred is designing the logic for the new controller.
A system of thought or collection of rhetoric, especially one associated with a social…
A system of thought or collection of rhetoric, especially one associated with a social practice.
- "We identify four logics of empowerment (political, economic, social, and security) and apply these to understanding empowerment’s historical and contemporary meanings-in-use."
To engage in excessive or inappropriate application of logic.
- Nay, is not the author himself "logicking" against logic, from the beginning of his book to the end ?
To apply logical reasoning to.
- He logicked that one out. He snuck into Haiti and scored herbs to rev him and calm him.
To overcome by logical argument.
- If things had gone as usual this night, if Kit had not logicked her into agreement, then she probably would have opened the door tonight.
The neighborhood
- synonymstudy
- synonympredicate logic
- synonymlogic
- neighborlogician
- neighborlogical
- neighborinference
- neighborargument
- neighborfallacy
- neighborpremise
- neighborconclusion
- neighborvalidity
- neighborproposition
- neighboratomic proposition
- neighborpredicate
- neighborrelation
Derived
antilogic, application logic, Aristotelian logic, arithmetic logic unit, Boolean logic, Brazilian logic, business logic, cacologic, chop logic, choplogic, chop-logic, chopped logic, classical logic, combinational logic, combinatory logic, computability logic, computation tree logic, constructive logic, deontic logic, description logic, diode logic, diode-transistor logic, domain logic, doxastic logic, emitter-coupled logic, epistemic logic, erasable programmable logic device, fat logic, first-order logic, Floyd-Hoare logic, formal logic, fridge logic, fuzzy logic, Gunning transceiver logic, Hoare logic, horologic, hyperlogic, illogic, informal logic, intensional logic · +75 more
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at logic. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at logic. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at logic
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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