Of or pertaining to the metal iron.
The food had an irony taste to it.
Contradiction between circumstances and expectations; condition contrary to what might be expected.
Dramatic irony: a theatrical effect in which the meaning of a situation, or some incongruity in the plot, is understood by the audience, but not by the characters in the play.
Socratic irony: ignorance feigned for the purpose of confounding or provoking an antagonist.
The quality of a statement that, when taken in context, may actually mean something different from, or the opposite of, what is written literally; the use of words expressing something other than their literal intention, often in a humorous context.
An ironic statement.
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.
A formal or informal language together with a deductive system or a model-theoretic semantics.
Any system of thought, whether rigorous and productive or not, especially one associated with a particular person.
To engage in excessive or inappropriate application of logic.
To apply logical reasoning to.
To overcome by logical argument.
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