LOGICAL OPERATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does logical operation mean? 

• LOGICAL OPERATION (noun)
  The noun LOGICAL OPERATION has 1 sense:

1. an operation that follows the rules of symbolic logic

  Familiarity information: LOGICAL OPERATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LOGICAL OPERATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An operation that follows the rules of symbolic logic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

logic operation; logical operation

Hypernyms ("logical operation" is a kind of...):

operation ((computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction))

Domain category:

logic (the branch of philosophy that analyzes inference)

 Context examples 

A symbol used to perform an arithmetic or logical operation.

(Operator, NCI Thesaurus)

A Boolean operator, a symbol or a function that denotes a logical operation (e.g., and, or, not).

(Logical Operator, NCI Thesaurus)