Logic
WordNet
noun
(1) Reasoned and reasonable judgment
"It made a certain kind of logic"
(2) A system of reasoning
(3) The principles that guide reasoning within a given field or situation
"Economic logic requires it"
"By the logic of war"
(4) The system of operations performed by a computer that underlies the machine's representation of logical operations
(5) The branch of philosophy that analyzes inference
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Etymology
From < < < properly feminine of < .
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 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.
- It's hard to work out his system of logic.
- The part of an electronic system that performs the boolean logic operations, short for logic gates or logic circuit.
- Fred is designing the logic for the new controller.
Synonyms
formal logic, modern logic formal system- (philosophy): predicate logic