Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of, relating to, in accordance with, or of the nature of logic.
- adjective Based on earlier or otherwise known statements, events, or conditions; reasonable.
- adjective Reasoning or capable of reasoning in a clear and consistent manner.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to logic; used or taught in logic: as, logical subtleties.
- According to the principles of logic; so stated or conceived, as an argument, that the form guarantees its validity; unobjectionable from the point of view of logic; consistent: as, logical reasoning; a logical division of a subject; a logical definition.
- Skilled in logic; furnished with logic; given to considering the processes of reason as to their forms or genera, and critically as to their validity and cogency: applied especially to an analytical mind or a methodical habit.
- The division of a genus into species.
- Self-consistency.
- Synonyms Dialectic.
- Coherent, consistent.
- Analytical, methodical.
- noun Used only in the phrase little (small) logicals.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to logic; used in logic.
- adjective According to the rules of logic
- adjective Skilled in logic; versed in the art of thinking and reasoning.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective not comparable In agreement with the
principles oflogic . - adjective
Reasonable . - adjective not comparable Of or pertaining to logic.
- adjective computing Non-physical or conceptual yet underpinned by something physical or actual.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner
- adjective based on known statements or events or conditions
- adjective marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts
- adjective capable of or reflecting the capability for correct and valid reasoning
Etymologies
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Examples
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So I decided to study people who had very different strength and different intelligences, people like Einstein, who had what I call logical mathematical intelligence; the painter Picasso, who was spatial intelligence; Gandhi, I had an example of interpersonal intelligence, somebody who understood other people very, very well.
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It is assumed, I suppose, that contradictions among ideas and beliefs are of various degrees and of various modes besides that specific one which we call logical incompatibility.
Introduction to the Science of Sociology Robert Ezra Park 1926
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Classes or series of particulars, collected together on account of some property which makes it convenient to be able to speak of them as wholes, are what I call logical constructions or symbolic fictions.
Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays Bertrand Russell 1921
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He is entrenched in what he calls a logical system, and he fires off texts as if from a machine-gun.
Father Payne Benson, Arthur C. 1915
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The logical choice—if any choice could be called logical under such conditions—was one of the western corridors rising to an altitude of no more than ten thousand feet.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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However, since people like Prof. Mercer at least pretend to be interested in logical, measured discussion about this issue, I think we owe it to them to engage them seriously on this issue.
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The logical choice—if any choice could be called logical under such conditions—was one of the western corridors rising to an altitude of no more than ten thousand feet.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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Suppose I were to say that I could be convinced that women have the emotional stability to engage in logical reasoning the same as men.
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The logical choice—if any choice could be called logical under such conditions—was one of the western corridors rising to an altitude of no more than ten thousand feet.
Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011
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They hid the idols in logical areas so they could have logical clues and Russel had nothing but time to find them.
Jeff Probst blogs 'Survivor: Samoa': episode #10 | EW.com 2009
strev commented on the word logical
or logicate?
June 29, 2009
dailyword commented on the word logical
Spock would use this word a lot in the ld Star Trek series.
July 27, 2012