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• Logarithm — Log a*rithm (l[o^]g [.a]*r[i^][th] m), n. [Gr. lo gos word, account, proportion + ariqmo s number: cf. F. logarithme.] (Math.) One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by John Napier, of Merchiston, Scotland (1550 1617), to abridge… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• logarithm — 1610s, Mod.L. logarithmus, coined by Scottish mathematician John Napier (1550 1617), lit. ratio number, from Gk. logos proportion, ratio, word (see LOGOS (Cf. logos)) + arithmos number (see ARITHMETIC (Cf. arithmetic)) …   Etymology dictionary

• logarithm — ► NOUN ▪ a quantity representing the power to which a fixed number (the base) must be raised to produce a given number. ORIGIN from Greek logos reckoning, ratio + arithmos number …   English terms dictionary

• logarithm — [lôg′ə rith΄əm, läg′ə rithəm] n. [ModL logarithmus < Gr logos, a word, proportion, ratio (see LOGIC) + arithmos, number (see ARITHMETIC)] Math. the exponent expressing the power to which a fixed number (the base) must be raised in order to… …   English World dictionary

• Logarithm — The graph of the logarithm to base 2 crosses the x axis (horizontal axis) at 1 and passes through the points with coordinates (2, 1), (4, 2), and (8, 3) …   Wikipedia

• Logarithm of a matrix — In mathematics, a logarithm of a matrix is another matrix such that the matrix exponential of the latter matrix equals the original matrix. It is thus a generalization of the scalar logarithm and in some sense an inverse function of the matrix… …   Wikipedia

• logarithm — /law geuh ridh euhm, rith , log euh /, n. Math. the exponent of the power to which a base number must be raised to equal a given number; log: 2 is the logarithm of 100 to the base 10 (2 = log10 100). [1605 15; < NL logarithmus < Gk lóg(os) LOG +… …   Universalium

• logarithm — n. 1 one of a series of arithmetic exponents tabulated to simplify computation by making it possible to use addition and subtraction instead of multiplication and division. 2 the power to which a fixed number or base ({{}}see BASE(1) 7) must be… …   Useful english dictionary

• logarithm — n. a common; natural logarithm * * * natural logarithm a common …   Combinatory dictionary

• logarithm — UK [ˈlɒɡərɪð(ə)m] / US [ˈlɔɡəˌrɪðəm] noun [countable] Word forms logarithm : singular logarithm plural logarithms maths in mathematics, the number of times that a number must be multiplied by itself in order to produce a particular number …   English dictionary

• logarithm — noun Etymology: New Latin logarithmus, from log + Greek arithmos number more at arithmetic Date: circa 1616 the exponent that indicates the power to which a base number is raised to produce a given number < the logarithm of 100 to the base 10 is… …   New Collegiate Dictionary