logical

logical

See also: -logical

English

Etymology

logic +‎ -al

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəɫ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑd͡ʒɪkəɫ/

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Adjective

logical (comparative more logical, superlative most logical)

1. (not comparable) In agreement with the principles of logic.
   • 2020 April 6, Shanguo, “Avoiding Assertive Statements and Extreme Ways of Thinking”, in Minghui‎:

     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.

2. Reasonable.
3. (not comparable) Of or pertaining to logic.

   It's not logical, it's God!

4. (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.

   • 1986, Noel Malcolm Morris, Computer graphics and CAD fundamentals: BBC Micro version:

     It is, of course, vital to restore the logical colours to their normal value at the end of the program […]

Antonyms

• illogical,confusing,dumb

Derived terms

Derived terms

• logical analysis
• logical atomism
• logical empiricism
• logical language
• logically
• logical positivism

Related terms

• rational
• biological, neurological, physiological, etc. (use of the suffix -ical as opposed to just -ic)

Translations

in agreement with the principles of logic

Albanian: logjik (sq) Arabic: مَنْطِقِيّ‎ (manṭiqiyy) Armenian: տրամաբանական (hy) (tramabanakan) Azerbaijani: məntiqli Catalan: lògic (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: logický (cs) Dutch: logisch (nl) Finnish: looginen (fi) French: logique (fr) Galician: lóxico m German: logisch (de) Hungarian: logikus (hu) Kazakh: логикалық (logikalyq) Latin: logicus, dialecticus Latvian: loģisks Macedonian: логичен (logičen) Maori: nahanaha Norwegian: Bokmål: logisk (no) Nynorsk: logisk Old English: flitcræftlīċ Persian: منطقی‎ (fa) (manteqi) Polish: logiczny (pl) m Portuguese: lógico (pt) Romanian: logic (ro) Russian: логи́ческий (ru) (logíčeskij) Serbo-Croatian: lògičan (sh) Slovene: logičen Spanish: lógico (es) Thai: please add this translation if you can Yiddish: לאָגיש‎ (logish)

reasonable

Albanian: i logjikshëm (sq) Armenian: տրամաբանական (hy) (tramabanakan) Azerbaijani: məntiqli Catalan: lògic (ca) Czech: logický (cs) Dutch: logisch (nl) Finnish: johdonmukainen (fi), looginen (fi) French: logique (fr) Galician: lóxico m Hungarian: logikus (hu) Italian: logico (it) Kazakh: қисынды (qisyndy) Latvian: loģisks Macedonian: логичен (logičen) Norwegian: Bokmål: logisk (no) Nynorsk: logisk Polish: logiczny (pl), rozsądny (pl) Portuguese: lógico (pt) Romanian: rezonabil (ro), logic (ro) Russian: логи́чный (ru) (logíčnyj) Serbo-Croatian: lògičan (sh), rȁzūman (sh) Slovene: logičen Spanish: lógico (es)

of or pertaining to logic

Albanian: logjik (sq) Arabic: مَنْطِقِيّ‎ (manṭiqiyy) Armenian: տրամաբանական (hy) (tramabanakan) Azerbaijani: məntiqi Catalan: lògic (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Czech: logický (cs) Finnish: looginen (fi) Galician: lóxico m Hungarian: logikai (hu) Kazakh: логикалық (logikalyq) Latvian: loģisks Macedonian: логички (logički) Maori: nahanaha Norwegian: Bokmål: logisk (no) Nynorsk: logisk Old English: flitcræftlīċ Persian: منطقی‎ (fa) (manteqi) Polish: logiczny (pl) Portuguese: lógico (pt) Romanian: logic (ro) Russian: логи́ческий (ru) (logíčeskij) Serbo-Croatian: lògičan (sh) Slovene: logiški Thai: please add this translation if you can Yiddish: לאָגיש‎ (logish)

non-physical or conceptual underpinning something physical or actual

Maori: arorau

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Translations to be checked

Esperanto: (please verify) logika French: (please verify) logique (fr) Ido: (please verify) logikala (io) Mandarin: (please verify) 逻辑 (zh) (luó jí)

Further reading

• logical at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Middle French

Adjective

logical m (feminine singular logicale, masculine plural logicaulx, feminine plural logicales)

1. logical

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Spanish

Etymology

From lógica +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loxiˈkal/ [lo.xiˈkal]
• Rhymes: -al
• Syllabification: lo‧gi‧cal

Adjective

logical (plural logicales)

1. (obsolete) logical

   Synonym: lógico

Further reading

• “logical”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014