logic
- Noun. (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.
- Noun. (context, philosophy) The study of the principles and criteria of valid inference and demonstration.
- Noun. (uncountable) (mathematics) The mathematical study of relationships between rigorously defined concepts and of proof of statements.
- Noun. (countable) (mathematics) A formal or informal language together with a deductive system or a model-theoretic semantics.
- Noun. (uncountable) Any system of thought, whether rigorous and productive or not, especially one associated with a particular person.
- Noun. (uncountable) The part of an electronic system that performs the boolean logic operations, short for logic gates or logic circuit.
- Verb. (intransitive, pejorative) To engage in excessive or inappropriate application of logic.
- Verb. (transitive) To apply logical reasoning to.
- Verb. (transitive) To overcome by logical argument.
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