logic
adjectivenounverbcommon in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈlɒd͡ʒ.ɪk//
- Canada//ˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪk//
- Australia//ˈlɔd͡ʒ.ɪk//
- //ˈlɒd͡ʒ.ək//
- /[ˈlɔ̟d͡ʒ.ək]/
Logical.
adjective
- 1
Logical.
Etymology
From Middle English logike, from Old French and Latin logicus, from Ancient Greek λογῐκός (logĭkós). Displaced native Old English flitcræftlīċ.
noun
- 1
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.
apply logic
understand logic
use logic
pure logic
- 2
The study of the principles and criteria of valid inference and demonstration.
- 3
The mathematical study of relationships between rigorously defined concepts and of mathematical proof of statements.
- 4
A formal or informal language together with a deductive system or a model-theoretic semantics.
- 5
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.
This hypothesis goes by many names, including group resistence, the threshold effect, and the gender paradox. Because the hypothesis holds such wide appeal, it is worth revisiting the logic behind it. The hypothesis is built on the factual observation that fewer females than males act antisocially.
"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."
- 6
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.
- 7
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."
Etymology
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”).
verb
- 1
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 ?
- 2
To apply logical reasoning to.
He logicked that one out. He snuck into Haiti and scored herbs to rev him and calm him.
- 3
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.
Forms
- plural
- logics
- past tense
- logicked
- past participle
- logicked
- present participle
- logicking
- third person singular
- logics