logic
logic - English
Alternative forms
- logick (archaic)
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: lŏj'ĭk, IPA: /ˈlɒd͡ʒɪk/
- (US) enPR: lŏj'ĭk, IPA: /ˈlɑd͡ʒɪk/
Adjective
logic
Noun
logic (countable and uncountable, plural logics)
- (uncountable) 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.
- (philosophy, logic) The study of the principles and criteria of valid inference and demonstration.
- Hyponyms: see logic
- (uncountable, mathematics) The mathematical study of relationships between rigorously defined concepts and of mathematical proof of statements.
- (countable, mathematics) A formal or informal language together with a deductive system or a model-theoretic semantics.
- (uncountable) 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.
- (uncountable) 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.
Synonyms
- (mathematics, study): formal logic, modern logic
- (mathematics, system): formal system
- (philosophy): predicate logic
Derived terms
- application logic
- Aristotelian logic
- arithmetic logic unit
- Boolean logic
- business logic
- cacologic
- chop logic
- 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
- first-order logic
- formal logic
- fridge logic
- fuzzy logic
- Gunning transceiver logic
- Hoare logic
- informal logic
- intensional logic
- interpretability logic
- intuitionistic logic
- ladder logic
- linear logic
- logic analyzer
- logic board
- logic bomb
- logic chopper
- logic diagram
- logic error
- logic fallacy
- logic programming
- logic-chopper
- many-sorted logic
- many-valued logic
- material logic
- mathematical logic
- modal logic
- modern logic
- monadic predicate logic
- monadic second-order logic
- multi-valued logic
- mytho-logic
- negative logic
- non-Aristotelian logic
- paraconsistent logic
- philosophical logic
- positive logic
- predicate logic
- presentation logic
- programmable logic array
- programmable logic controller
- propositional logic
- provability logic
- quantum logic
- quantum logic gate
- relevance logic
- resistor-transistor logic
- second-order logic
- sentential logic
- sequential logic
- symbolic logic
- t-norm fuzzy logic
- temporal logic
- term logic
- ternary logic
- traditional logic
- transistor-transistor logic
- uncommitted logic array
- unlogic
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Verb
logic (third-person singular simple present logics, present participle logicking, simple past and past participle logicked)
- (intransitive, derogatory) To engage in excessive or inappropriate application of logic.
- (transitive) To apply logical reasoning to.
- (transitive) To overcome by logical argument.
logic - Romanian
Adjective
logic m or n (feminine singular logică, masculine plural logici, feminine and neuter plural logice)