logic
Pronunciation: /ˈlɒd͡ʒ.ɪk/
The English word “logic” has 11 meanings listed here.
adjective
noun
- 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.
- 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 semantics.
- Any system of thought, whether rigorous and productive or not, especially one associated with a particular person.
- The part of a system (usually electronic) that performs the boolean logic operations, short for logic gates or logic circuit.
- A system of thought or collection of rhetoric, especially one associated with a social practice.
verb
- To engage in excessive or inappropriate application of logic.
- To apply logical reasoning to.
- To overcome by logical argument.
Etymology
From Middle English logike, from Old French and Latin logicus, from Ancient Greek λογῐκός (logĭkós). Displaced native Old English flitcræftlīċ.
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