logical operation

American  

noun

1. Boolean operation.

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logical operation British  

noun

1. computing an operation involving the use of logical functions, such as and or or, that are applied to the input signals of a particular logic circuit

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logical operation Scientific  

/ lŏj′ĭ-kəl /

1. A function on binary variables whose output is also a binary variable. Logical operations are the function of logic gates in digital circuits. Logical operations include AND, OR, NOT, and combinations of those operations.

2. See more at Boolean algebra

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Example Sentences

The process becomes more complex when researchers want to apply a logical operation such as a controlled-NOT gate between two logical qubits.

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2026

Physicists knew that this effect could be used to perform a single logical operation, or gate, on photons shot through a small maze of mirrors, beam splitters, and other optical elements.

From Science Magazine • May 6, 2024

For instance, a bit zero might be split into three bits that still equal zero after a logical operation.

From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2024

The researchers considered how to use the idea to implement a logical operation called a bit swap, in which two bits simultaneously flip their value: 1 becomes 0, and vice versa.

From Scientific American • Mar. 29, 2022

This is the discovery that terms and propositions, sense-data, and universals,110 are not only elements of logical operation but are the simple, neutral elements at large which science is supposed to have been seeking.

From Creative Intelligence Essays in the Pragmatic Attitude by Bode, Boyd H.