logical

See also: -logical

English

Etymology

From logic +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈlɒd͡ʒɪkəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈlɑd͡ʒɪkəl/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɒdʒɪkəl

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^[1]:

     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.
   • 2014, “Let Me Burn”, performed by Whitechapel:

     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 voice

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

• alogical
• antilogical
• equilogical
• extralogical
• horological
• logical address
• logical analysis
• logical atomism
• logical calculus
• logical complement
• logical connective
• logical constant
• logical empiricism
• logical fallacy
• logicality
• logicalize
• logical language
• logically
• logical mechanical element
• logicalness
• logical positivism
• logical positivist
• logical punctuation
• logical quotation
• logical system
• loglang
• menological
• metalogical
• nonlogical
• non-logical
• overlogical
• panlogical
• paralogical
• prelogical
• semilogical
• ultralogical
• unlogical

 

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)

  Egyptian Arabic: معقول (maʕʔūl), منطقي (manṭeqi)

  Hijazi Arabic: مَنْطِقِي (manṭigi)

  South Levantine Arabic: معقول (maʕʔūl), منطقي (mánṭiqi)

• 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
• Ukrainian: логі́чний (lohíčnyj)
• 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)
• Ukrainian: логі́чний (lohíčnyj)

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
• Ukrainian: логі́чний (lohíčnyj)
• Yiddish: לאָגיש (logish)

non-physical or conceptual underpinning something physical or actual

• Maori: arorau

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

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”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Middle French

Adjective

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

1. logical

Spanish

Etymology

From lógica +‎ -al.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

logical m or f (masculine and feminine plural logicales)

1. (obsolete) logical

   Synonym: lógico

Further reading

• “logical”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10