| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
| |
| logic |
| |
| SYLLABICATION: | log·ic |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  l j  k |
| NOUN: | 1. The study of the principles of reasoning, especially of the structure of propositions as distinguished from their content and of method and validity in deductive reasoning. 2a. A system of reasoning: Aristotle's logic. b. A mode of reasoning: By that logic, we should sell the company tomorrow. c. The formal, guiding principles of a discipline, school, or science. 3. Valid reasoning: Your paper lacks the logic to prove your thesis. 4. 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. 5. Computer Science a. The nonarithmetic operations performed by a computer, such as sorting, comparing, and matching, that involve yes-no decisions. b. Computer circuitry. c. Graphic representation of computer circuitry. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French logique, from Latin logica, from Greek logik (tekhn), (art) of reasoning, logic, feminine of logikos, of reasoning, from logos, reason. See leg- in Appendix I.
| | |
| |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
|
|
