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logical

adj
/ˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/UK/ˈlɑd͡ʒɪkəl/US

Etymology

From logic + -al. Displaced native Old English flitcræftlīċ.

  1. derived from λογῐκός
  2. derived from logicus
  3. inherited from logike
  4. suffixed as logical — “logic + al”

Definitions

  1. In agreement with the principles of logic

    In agreement with the principles of logic; sequacious.

    • To provide convincing arguments, we need to first address the issues of concern, list the facts, and then use logical reasoning to help people have a better understanding of the issue.

  2. Reasonable.

    • I won't lie about what I did I cut her head off and threw it in a ditch Why I only kept the body was a logical choice I threw away the head because I hated the sound of her voice

  3. Of or pertaining to logic.

    • It's not logical, it's God!
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Relating to the conceptual model of a system rather than its physical expression

      • Logical memory appears contiguous to an application program, but may well be stored on several physical devices, including in RAM and on hard-disks, as determined by the operating system.
      • It is, of course, vital to restore the logical colours to their normal value at the end of the program[…]

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Derived

alogical, antilogical, equilogical, extralogical, horological, logical address, logical analysis, logical atomism, logical block address, logical block addressing, logical calculus, logical clock, logical complement, logical connective, logical constant, logical empiricism, logical fallacy, logicality, logicalize, logical language, logically, logical mechanical element, logicalness, logical objectivism, logical positivism, logical positivist, logical punctuation, logical quotation, logical realism, logical system, loglang, menological, metalogical, non-logical, nonlogical, overlogical, panlogical, paralogical, prelogical, semilogical · +2 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at logical. 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.

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A definitional loop anchored at logical. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at logical

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA