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From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other.
Arthur Conan Doyle

Meaning of "logician" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LOGICIAN

logician  [lɒˈdʒɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LOGICIAN

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Logician is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LOGICIAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

logician

Logic

Logic is the use and study of valid reasoning. The study of logic features most prominently in the subjects of philosophy, mathematics, and computer science. Logic was studied in several ancient civilizations, including India, China, Persia and Greece. In the West, logic was established as a formal discipline by Aristotle, who gave it a fundamental place in philosophy. The study of logic was part of the classical trivium, which also included grammar and rhetoric. Logic was further extended by Al-Farabi who categorized it into two separate groups. Later, Avicenna revived the study of logic and developed relationship between temporalis and the implication. In the East, logic was developed by Buddhists and Jains. Logic is often divided into three parts: inductive reasoning, abductive reasoning, and deductive reasoning.

Definition of logician in the English dictionary

The definition of logician in the dictionary is a person who specializes in or is skilled at logic.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LOGICIAN


largition
lɑːˈdʒɪʃən
magician
məˈdʒɪʃən
population
ˌpɒpjʊˈleɪʃən
position
pəˈzɪʃən
preparation
ˌprɛpəˈreɪʃən
presentation
ˌprɛzənˈteɪʃən
publication
ˌpʌblɪˈkeɪʃən
recognition
ˌrɛkəɡˈnɪʃən
recreation
ˌrɛkrɪˈeɪʃən
registration
ˌrɛdʒɪˈstreɪʃən
relation
rɪˈleɪʃən
reputation
ˌrɛpjʊˈteɪʃən
situation
ˌsɪtjʊˈeɪʃən
station
ˈsteɪʃən
submission
səbˈmɪʃən
tradition
trəˈdɪʃən
translation
trænsˈleɪʃən
transmission
trænzˈmɪʃən
transportation
ˌtrænspɔːˈteɪʃən
vacation
vəˈkeɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LOGICIAN

logic programming
logic-chopping
logical
logical atomism
logical consequence
logical constant
logical form
logical operation
logical positivism
logical positivist
logical sum
logical truth
logicality
logically
logically possible
logicalness
logicism
logicist
logicize
logicless

WORDS THAT END LIKE LOGICIAN

beautician
biostatistician
clinician
consultant physician
dietician
electrician
esthetician
Galician
geriatrician
lab technician
Lucian
mathematician
musician
obstetrician
optician
pediatrician
physician
politician
resident physician
statistician
technician

Synonyms and antonyms of logician in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «logician» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LOGICIAN

Find out the translation of logician to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of logician from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «logician» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

逻辑学家
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

lógico
570 millions of speakers

English

logician
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

तर्कशास्त्री
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

منطقي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

логик
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

lógico
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

নৈয়ায়িক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

logicien
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Ahli logik
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Logiker
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

論理学者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

논리 학자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Logika
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nhà luận lý học
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தர்க்கவியலார்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

तर्कशास्त्रज्ञ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

mantıkçı
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

logico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

logik
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

логік
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

logician
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

logician
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

logikus
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

logiker
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

logician
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of logician

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LOGICIAN»

The term «logician» is regularly used and occupies the 60.854 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LOGICIAN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about logician

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3 QUOTES WITH «LOGICIAN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word logician.
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John Astin
There are things so deep and complex that only intuition can reach it in our stage of development as human beings. And to Poe... well, a great logician could be an enemy to him, what he called conventional world reason.
2
Pierre Bourdieu
Practice has a logic which is not that of the logician.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
From a drop of water a logician could infer the possibility of an Atlantic or a Niagara without having seen or heard of one or the other.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LOGICIAN»

Discover the use of logician in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to logician and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Logician and the Engineer: How George Boole and Claude ...
"In this book, Nahin brings to life the immense practical outcomes of deep theoretical ideas.
Paul J. Nahin, 2013
2
Lateral Logician: 300 Mind-Stretching Puzzles
These complicated conundrums provide an amazing brain workout.
Paul Sloane, Edward J. Harshman, Des MacHale, 2004
3
Zariski Geometries: Geometry from the Logician's Point of View
This book presents methods and results from the theory of Zariski structures and discusses their applications in geometry as well as various other mathematical fields.
Boris Zilber, 2010
4
A Companion to Walter Burley: Late Medieval Logician and ...
This volume, which contain thirteen substantial articles on his philosophy, is aimed to reconstruct the internal evolution of his doctrines and the role they played in the development of Late Medieval philosophy.
Alessandro Conti, 2013
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Perpetual Motion: The Making of a Mathematical Logician
Perpetual Motion is the story of John Bell's life, from his birth as a "war-baby" in 1945 Britain, to his early years as a mathematics lecturer at the London School of Economics during the 1970s.
John L. Bell, 2010
6
Feminist Interpretations of Aristotle
Nye's other presentation of Orestes' argument calls for a different response from the Aristotelian logician. Nye has Orestes arguing that "Mother and child have not the same blood, so a matricide is not guilty of killing a parent; Orestes killed his ...
Cynthia A. Freeland, 2010
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Language and Logic in the Post-Medieval Period
For instance, if I take a logician called Peter and say that he is good, I may be claiming that he is a skilled logician even though he is a morally disreputable man, or I may be claiming that he is a virtuous man, even though he is a poor logician.
E.J. Ashworth, 1974
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Melancholies of Knowledge: Literature in the Age of Science
Action encompasses, is dependent on, the dreamer and the logician: The logician lays out the law of nature and reason, which lead ineluctably to death. The dreamer refuses, protests, searches vainly elsewhere. Together they form a couple ...
Margery Arent Safir, Stephen Jay Gould, 1999
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Philosophical Essays, Volume 2: The Philosophical ...
Consider, for example, the claim that 'Aristotle' is synonymous with some rigidified description 'the individual who actually was so-and-so'.3 If this were so, then it would be impossible to believe that Aristotle was a great logician without ...
Scott Soames, 2009
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Some Questions about Language: A Theory of Human Discourse ...
As the logician is ultimately concerned with the capacity of statements to be true or false, and with the rules governing the validity or invalidity of statements in relation to one another, so the grammarian is concerned with correctness and ...
Mortimer Jerome Adler, 1991

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LOGICIAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term logician is used in the context of the following news items.
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HBD Benedict Cumberbatch! 16 times he was way too good to be true
... Los Angeles special screening. He plays Alan Turing, an English mathematician and logician from the Second World War, in the movie. «Hindustan Times, Jul 15»
2
ISIS suicide car bombs are now 'so sophisticated that they destroyed …
As a head logician for ISIS, Abdullah never selected recruits for the operations - that was the work of a separate department within the ... «Businessinsider India, Jul 15»
3
Problematics: Tennis in Wonderland
... also that Carroll was a brilliant mathematician — he taught the subject at Christ Church College, Oxford — besides a puzzlist and a logician. «The Indian Express, Jul 15»
4
'Mr. Holmes': A poignant last-case scenario
Holmes, the famous logician, comes to realize, too, that there is a place in human nature for emotion, for empathy. Identifying a problem with ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
5
The Nature of Memory - 1966 –1973 - Joan Jensen
Mathematician/logician, equipment designer, photographer/artist, teacher and inspirer of others? Whatever it was, it would have been ... «Coast Mountain News, Jul 15»
6
Bill Maher and Fox News's Muslim feminism: How Ayaan Hirsi Ali …
11, 1950, British logician and philosopher Bertrand Russell said, “Much that passes as idealism is disguised hatred or disguised love of power. «Salon, Jul 15»
7
A Yabloesque variant of the Bernardete Paradox
Imagine that Alice is an expert logician enjoying her morning walk (which, as usual, passes through point A). Alice will continue walking unless ... «OUPblog, Jul 15»
8
Asarco, LLC v. Celanese Chemical Company
"Clearly, neither a logician nor a grammarian will find comfort in the world of CERCLA. It is not our task, however, to clean up the baffling ... «The Recorder, Jul 15»
9
Debt: Greece and the Global South
... our times: a disciplined logician with a capacity for glee who persuaded people, seduced them, subverted old ideas, and installed new ones; ... «kpfa 94.1fm, Jul 15»
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Entrepreneurs have unique insights that make grand problems …
Consider the example of Kurt Godel, the legendary Austrian logician. While most of the mathematical community embarked on a programme of ... «Economic Times, Jul 15»

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