logic

Noun

• a system of reasoning

• the system of operations performed by a computer that underlies the machine's representation of logical operations

• the principles that guide reasoning within a given field or situation
  • economic logic requires it
    
  • by the logic of war
    

• reasoned and reasonable judgment
  • it made a certain kind of logic
    

• the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  logical system , system of logic