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

"Performing a logical operation in this fault-tolerant way would be relatively easy if we could move our qubits around and connect them arbitrarily to each other," says Kerschbaum.

From Science Daily • Feb. 6, 2026

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

In the test, the two computers both had two-qubit “gate fidelities,” or probabilities of successfully completing a single two-qubit logical operation, of about 97%—considerably below what will ultimately be needed for any real world operation.

From Science Magazine • Feb. 21, 2017

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.