logarithm
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In 1881, astronomer Simon Newcomb noticed that early pages of logarithm tables, which correspond to numbers beginning with one, were grubby and worn compared with the pristine later pages.
From Scientific American • May 8, 2023
Before calculators, people outsourced hairy arithmetic to reference books called logarithm tables.
From Scientific American • May 8, 2023
Note that this is a logarithm scale not a linear scale.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
How our ears perceive sound can be more accurately described by the logarithm of the intensity rather than directly to the intensity.
From Textbooks • Aug. 12, 2015
The logarithm of a number is simply the power to which 10 must be raised to equal the number in question.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
Vocabulary lists containing logarithm
Algebra
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The ACT Math Test: Algebra
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