Sekirov Dictionary

logic

UK /ˈlɒd͡ʒ.ɪk/US /ˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪk/

noun 7
verb 3
adjective 1
forms 3

noun7

careful thinking in which each step follows from the one before, used to work out an answer
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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.
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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." — 2023
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.
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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.
A formal or informal language together with a deductive system or a model-theoretic semantics.

verb3

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To apply logical reasoning to.
- He logicked that one out. He snuck into Haiti and scored herbs to rev him and calm him. — 2010
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(disapproving) 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 ? — 1884
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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. — 2010

adjective1

Logical.

forms

logicked · logicking · logics

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