LOG


Meaning of LOG in English

n.

Pronunciation: ' lo ̇ g, ' läg

Function: noun

Usage: often attrib

Etymology: Middle English logge

Date: 14th century

1 : a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree especially : a length of a tree trunk ready for sawing and over six feet (1.8 meters) long

2 : an apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship's motion through the water that consists of a block fastened to a line and run out from a reel

3 a : the record of the rate of a ship's speed or of her daily progress also : the full nautical record of a ship's voyage b : the full record of a flight by an aircraft

4 : a record of performance, events, or day-to-day activities

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary.      Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка.