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

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

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

According to Dr. Whewell, however, this process of guessing and verifying our guesses is not only induction, but the whole of induction: no other exposition can be given of that logical operation.

From A System Of Logic, Ratiocinative And Inductive by Mill, John Stuart