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logarithm

[law-guh-rith-uhm, -rith-, log-uh-] / ˈlɔ gəˌrɪð əm, -ˌrɪθ-, ˈlɒg ə- /
ADJECTIVE
numeric
Synonyms
STRONG
numerical
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arithmetic arithmetical binary differential digital exponential fractional integrated logarithmic mathematical numerary statistical
ADJECTIVE
numerical
Synonyms
STRONG
numeric
WEAK
algebraic algorithmic arithmetic arithmetical binary differential digital exponential fractional logarithmic mathematical numerary statistical
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Before calculators, people outsourced hairy arithmetic to reference books called logarithm tables.

From Scientific American • May 8, 2023

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

The natural logarithm of the reaction rate constant is a linear function of the inverse of the temperature in Kelvin degrees.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The pH is calculated as the negative of the base 10 logarithm of this concentration.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

For example, the logarithm of 700 is between 2, the logarithm of 100, and 3, the logarithm of 1,000; it happens to be about 2.8.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos