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Word: Logarithm
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
early 17th century: from modern Latin logarithmus, from Greek logos ‘reckoning, ratio’ + arithmos ‘number’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˈlɒɡərɪð(ə)m
Dialects: British English
Definition:
a quantity representing the power to which a fixed number (the base) must be raised to produce a given number
Short Definition:quantity representing power to which fixed number base must be raised to produce given number
Examples:- proportional to the logarithm to the base 10 of the concentration
Variant Forms:
- log
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