logical
adjUK /ˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/ · US /ˈlɑd͡ʒɪkəl/
Etymology From logic + -al. Displaced native Old English flitcræftlīċ.
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In agreement with the principles of logic.
- Near-synonyms: sequacious, sensible
- To provide convincing arguments, we need to first address the issues of concern, list the facts, and then use logical reasoning to help people have a better understanding of the issue.2020 April 6, Shanguo, “Avoiding Assertive Statements and Extreme Ways of Thinking”, in Minghui:
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Reasonable.
- I won't lie about what I did I cut her head off and threw it in a ditch Why I only kept the body was a logical choice I threw away the head because I hated the sound of her voice2014, “Let Me Burn”, performed by Whitechapel:
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Of or pertaining to logic.
- It's not logical, it's God!
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences 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.
- It is, of course, vital to restore the logical colours to their normal value at the end of the program[…]1986, Noel Malcolm Morris, Computer graphics and CAD fundamentals: BBC Micro version:
- Derived terms
42 terms
alogical, antilogical, equilogical, extralogical, horological, logical address, logical analysis, logical atomism, logical block address, logical block addressing, logical calculus, logical clock, logical complement, logical connective, logical constant, logical empiricism, logical fallacy, logicality, logicalize, logical language, logically, logical mechanical element, logicalness, logical objectivism, logical positivism, logical positivist, logical punctuation, logical quotation, logical realism, logical system, loglang, menological, metalogical, non-logical, nonlogical, overlogical, panlogical, paralogical, prelogical, semilogical, ultralogical, unlogical- Related terms
- rational, biological, neurological, physiological