LOGARITHM


Meaning of LOGARITHM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈlȯ-gə-ˌri-thəm, ˈlä- ]

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 2

• log·a·rith·mic ˌlȯ-gə-ˈrith-mik, ˌlä- adjective

• log·a·rith·mi·cal·ly -mi-k(ə-)lē adverb

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