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

"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

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

Their minds would be gorged and surfeited by the logical operation.

From An Essay In Aid Of A Grammar Of Assent by Newman, John Henry