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Lo*gi"cian (?), n. [Cf. F. logicien.] A person skilled in logic. Bacon.

Each fierce logician still expelling Locke.

Pope.

Log"ics (?), n. See Logic.

{ Lo*gis"tic (?), Lo*gis"tic*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?; skilled in calculating, &?; to calculate, fr. lo`gos word, number, reckoning: cf. F. logistique.] 1. Logical. [Obs.] Berkeley.

2. (Math.) Sexagesimal, or made on the scale of 60; as, logistic, or sexagesimal, arithmetic.

Logistic, or Proportional, logarithms, certain logarithmic numbers used to shorten the calculation of the fourth term of a proportion of which one of the terms is a given constant quantity, commonly one hour, while the other terms are expressed in minutes and seconds; -- not now used.

Lo*gis"tics (?), n. 1. (Mil.) That branch of the military art which embraces the details of moving and supplying armies. The meaning of the word is by some writers extended to include strategy. H. L. Scott.

2. (Math.) A system of arithmetic, in which numbers are expressed in a scale of 60; logistic arithmetic.

Log"man (?), n.; pl. Logmen (&?;). A man who carries logs. Shak.

Log`o*dæd"a*ly (?), n. [Gr. &?;. See Logos, and Dædal.] Verbal legerdemain; a playing with words. [R.] Coleridge.

Log"o*gram (?), n. [Gr. lo`gos word + -gram.] A word letter; a phonogram, that, for the sake of brevity, represents a word; as, |, i. e., t, for it. Cf. Grammalogue.

Lo*gog"ra*pher (?), n. 1. A chronicler; one who writes history in a condensed manner with short simple sentences.

2. One skilled in logography.

{ Log`o*graph"ic (?), Log`o*graph"ic*al (?), } a. [Gr. &?; of writing speeches: cf. F. logographique.] Of or pertaining to logography.

Lo*gog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. &?; a writing of speeches; lo`gos word, speech + &?; to write: cf. F. logographie.] 1. A method of printing in which whole words or syllables, cast as single types, are used.

2. A mode of reporting speeches without using shorthand, -- a number of reporters, each in succession, taking down three or four words. Brande & C.

Log"o*griph (?), n. [Gr. lo`gos word + gri^fos a fishing net, a dark saying, a riddle: F. logogriphe.] A sort of riddle in which it is required to discover a chosen word from various combinations of its letters, or of some of its letters, which form other words; -- thus, to discover the chosen word chatter form cat, hat, rat, hate, rate, etc. B. Jonson.

Lo*gom"a*chist (?), n. [See Logomachy.] One who contends about words.

Lo*gom"a*chy (?), n. [Gr. &?;; lo`gos word + &?; fight, battle, contest: cf. F. logomachie.] 1. Contention in words merely, or a contention about words; a war of words.

The discussion concerning the meaning of the word " justification" . . . has largely been a mere logomachy.

L. Abbott.

2. A game of word making.

Log`o*met"ric (?), a. [Gr. lo`gos word, ratio + &?; measure.] (Chem.) Serving to measure or ascertain chemical equivalents; stoichiometric. [R.]

||Log"os (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?; the word or form which expresses a ||thought, also, the thought, fr. &?; to speak.] 1. A word; reason; ||speech. H. Bushell. || 2. The divine Word; Christ.

Log"o*thete (?), [LL. logotheta, fr. Gr. &?;; lo`gos word, account + &?; to put.] An accountant; under Constantine, an officer of the empire; a receiver of revenue; an administrator of a department.

Log"o*type (?), n. [Gr. lo`gos word + -type.] (Print.) A single type, containing two or more letters; as, æ, Æ, , , , etc.; -- called also ligature.

Log"roll` (?), v. i. & t. To engage in logrolling; to accomplish by logrolling. [Political cant, U. S.]