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Log   /lɔg/   Listen
Log

noun
1.
A segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches.
2.
The exponent required to produce a given number.  Synonym: logarithm.
3.
A written record of messages sent or received.  "An email log"
4.
A written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane).
5.
Measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water.
verb
(past & past part. logged; pres. part. logging)
1.
Enter into a log, as on ships and planes.
2.
Cut lumber, as in woods and forests.  Synonym: lumber.



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"Log" Quotes from Famous Books



... additional page of life's log-book. One day more is over of it and of me:—but 'which is best, life or death, the gods only know,' as Socrates said to his judges, on the breaking up of the tribunal. Two thousand years since that sage's declaration of ...
— Life of Lord Byron, With His Letters And Journals, Vol. 5 (of 6) • (Lord Byron) George Gordon Byron
... light flashed through the darkness, and soon our two pedestrians found themselves in front of a log cabin, that stood a few yards back from a narrow, brawling creek, whose waters were lashed to foam ...
— Five Thousand Dollars Reward • Frank Pinkerton
... such a mass and mixture of animal remains could have been heaped together in any other way. From the outline of this bed, it struck me that some natural obstacle or other had checked the detritus, brought down by the current, as sand and gravel are checked and accumulated against a log or other impediment athwart a stream, presenting a gradual ascent on the side next the current and a sudden fall on the other. Such, in truth, is the apparent form of the great fossil bed of the Murray. This idea, which struck me as I journeyed ...
— Expedition into Central Australia • Charles Sturt
... night like a log, but he could not sleep. He ached all over. Psmith chatted for a time on human affairs in general, and then dropped gently off. Jellicoe, who appeared to be wrapped in gloom, contributed ...
— Mike • P. G. Wodehouse
... of York, England] To replace a user's encrypted password in /etc/passwd with a single asterisk. Under Unix this is not a legal encryption of any password; hence the user is not permitted to log in. In general, accounts like adm, news, and daemon are permanently "starred out"; occasionally a real user might have the this inflicted upon him/her as a punishment, e.g. "Graham was starred out for playing Omega in working hours". Also occasionally known as The Order Of The ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0


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