boilerplate vs logic

boilerplate

noun
  • Formulaic or hackneyed language. 

  • A sheet of copper or steel used in the construction of a boiler. 

  • Syndicated material. 

  • The rating plate or nameplate required to be affixed to a boiler by the Boiler Explosions Act (1882). 

  • Standard text or program code used routinely and added with a text editor or word processor; text of a legal or official nature added to documents or labels. 

  • Hard, icy snow which may be dangerous to ski on. 

  • A plate attached to industrial machinery, identifying information such as manufacturer, model number, serial number, and power requirements. 

adj
  • Describing text or other material of a standard or routine nature. 

  • Used to refer to a non-functional spacecraft used to test configuration and procedures. 

verb
  • To store (standard text) so that it can easily be retrieved for reuse. 

logic

noun
  • A formal or informal language together with a deductive system or a model-theoretic semantics. 

  • It's hard to work out his system of logic. 

  • The study of the principles and criteria of valid inference and demonstration. 

  • The mathematical study of relationships between rigorously defined concepts and of mathematical proof of statements. 

  • The part of a system (usually electronic) that performs the boolean logic operations, short for logic gates or logic circuit. 

  • A method of human thought that involves thinking in a linear, step-by-step manner about how a problem can be solved. Logic is the basis of many principles including the scientific method. 

  • Any system of thought, whether rigorous and productive or not, especially one associated with a particular person. 

adj
  • logical 

verb
  • To engage in excessive or inappropriate application of logic. 

  • To apply logical reasoning to. 

  • To overcome by logical argument. 

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