logarithm
For a number x, the exponent by which a given base number must be raised in order to…For a number x, the exponent by which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain the power x. Written log _bx. For example, log ₁₀1000=3 because 10³=1000 and log ₂16=4 because 2⁴=16.
» The natural logarithm of e is 1.
Натуральний логарифм е — один.
Meaning
1 sensesFor a number x, the exponent by which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain the power x. Written log _bx. For example, log ₁₀1000=3 because 10³=1000 and log ₂16=4 because 2⁴=16.
For a currency which uses denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, etc., each jump in the base-10 logarithm from one denomination to the next higher is either 0.3010 or 0.3979.
Logarithmus
логари́фмlogarífm
логари́фмloharýfm, логари́тмloharýtm
the exponent required to produce a given number
Examples
8 sentencesThe natural logarithm of e is 1.
Натуральний логарифм е — один. — deniko
1 is the natural logarithm of e.
Although I didn't like math, I had to study logarithms.
ruХотя я не любил математику, я должен быть изучать логарифмы. — odexed
Although I did not like math, I had to study logarithms.
ruХотя мне не нравилась математика, я должен был выучить логарифмы. — oxioxigen
deObwohl ich Mathe nicht mochte, musste ich das Logarithmieren lernen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Although I did not like math, I had to learn logarithms.
ruХотя мне не нравилась математика, я должен был выучить логарифмы. — oxioxigen
Translations
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Origin
From New Latin logarithmus, coined by Scottish mathematician John Napier from Ancient GreeFrom New Latin logarithmus, coined by Scottish mathematician John Napier from Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “ratio, proportion”) and ἀριθμός (arithmós, “number”). Napier set a geometric progression (a sequence of equal ratios) against an arithmetic progression (a sequence of equal differences), so that the logarithm of a number counts the ratios separating it from a starting value, turning multiplication into addition.
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Forms
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