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logic

lo·gic

UK/ˈlɒd͡ʒ.ɪk/ US/ˈlɑ.d͡ʒɪk/ fairly common

noun

1.

the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference

2.

reasoned and reasonable judgment

  • “it made a certain kind of logic”
3.

the principles that guide reasoning within a given field or situation

  • “economic logic requires it”
  • “by the logic of war”
4.

Origin

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”).

Phrases

  • application logic
  • Aristotelian logic
  • arithmetic logic unit
  • Boolean logic
  • Brazilian logic
  • business logic
  • chop logic
  • chopped logic

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