Logic vs. Logical — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Logic and Logical
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Definitions
Logic
Logic (from Greek: λογική, logikḗ, 'possessed of reason, intellectual, dialectical, argumentative') is the systematic study of valid rules of inference, i.e. the relations that lead to the acceptance of one proposition (the conclusion) on the basis of a set of other propositions (premises).
Logical
Of, relating to, in accordance with, or of the nature of logic
Logical disputation.
Logic
The study of principles of reasoning, especially of the structure of propositions as distinguished from their content, and of method and validity in deductive reasoning.
Logical
Based on earlier or otherwise known statements, events, or conditions; reasonable
Rain was a logical expectation, given the time of year.
Logic
A system of reasoning
Aristotle's logic.
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Logical
Reasoning or capable of reasoning in a clear and consistent manner
A very logical person.
Logic
A mode of reasoning
By that logic, we should sell the company tomorrow.
Logical
(not comparable) In agreement with the principles of logic.
Logic
The formal, guiding principles of a discipline, school, or science.
Logical
Reasonable.
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Logic
Valid reasoning
Your paper lacks the logic to prove your thesis.
Logical
(not comparable) Of or pertaining to logic.
It's not logical, it's God!
Logic
The relationship between elements and between an element and the whole in a set of objects, individuals, principles, or events
There's a certain logic to the motion of rush-hour traffic.
Logical
(computing) Relating to the conceptual model of a system rather than its physical expression
Logical memory appears contiguous to an application program, but may well be stored on several physical devices, including in RAM and on hard-disks, as determined by the operating system.
Logic
The nonarithmetic operations performed by a computer, such as sorting, comparing, and matching, that involve yes-no decisions.
Logical
Of or pertaining to logic; used in logic; as, logical subtilties.
Logic
Computer circuitry.
Logical
According to the rules of logic; as, a logical argument or inference; the reasoning is logical; a logical argument; a logical impossibility.
Logic
Graphic representation of computer circuitry.
Logical
Skilled in logic; versed in the art of thinking and reasoning; as, he is a logical thinker.
Logic
Logical
Logical
Capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning;
A logical mind
Logic
(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.
Logical
In accordance with reason or logic;
A logical conclusion
Logic
The study of the principles and criteria of valid inference and demonstration.
Logical
Marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts;
A logical argument
The orderly presentation
Logic
The mathematical study of relationships between rigorously defined concepts and of mathematical proof of statements.
Logical
Based on known statements or events or conditions;
Rain was a logical expectation, given the time of year
Logic
A formal or informal language together with a deductive system or a model-theoretic semantics.
Logical
Capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner;
A lucid thinker
She was more coherent than she had been just after the accident
Logic
(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.
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.
Logic
To engage in excessive or inappropriate application of logic.
Logic
(transitive) To apply logical reasoning to.
Logic
(transitive) To overcome by logical argument.
Logic
The science or art of exact reasoning, or of pure and formal thought, or of the laws according to which the processes of pure thinking should be conducted; the science of the formation and application of general notions; the science of generalization, judgment, classification, reasoning, and systematic arrangement; the science of correct reasoning.
Logic is the science of the laws of thought, as thought; that is, of the necessary conditions to which thought, considered in itself, is subject.
Logic
A treatise on logic; as, Mill's Logic.
Logic
Correct reasoning; as, I can't see any logic in his argument; also, sound judgment; as, the logic of surrender was uncontestable.
Logic
The path of reasoning used in any specific argument; as, his logic was irrefutable.
Logic
A function of an electrical circuit (called a gate) that mimics certain elementary binary logical operations on electrical signals, such as AND, OR, or NOT; as, a logic circuit; the arithmetic and logic unit.
Logic
The branch of philosophy that analyzes inference
Logic
Reasoned and reasonable judgment;
It made a certain kind of logic
Logic
The principles that guide reasoning within a given field or situation;
Economic logic requires it
By the logic of war
Logic
A system of reasoning
