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/lˌɑgərˈɪðmɪk/ Listen

adjective

Logarithmical, Logarithmic adj.

Of or pertaining to logarithms; consisting of logarithms.

Using logarithms; as, logarithmic graph paper; a logarithmic scale.

Having a logarithm in one or more of the unknowns; of an equation.

Logarithmic curve (Math.), a curve which, referred to a system of rectangular coordinate axes, is such that the ordinate of any point will be the logarithm of its abscissa.

Logarithmic spiral, a spiral curve such that radii drawn from its pole or eye at equal angles with each other are in continual proportion. See Spiral.

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Etymology of 'Logarithmic'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... safety, while most of them could be at least temporarily patched-up in a few hours; also, very luckily, all the navigating instruments, the chronometer, my sextant, the nautical almanac, and my book of logarithmic and other tables had almost ...

— Under the Ensign of the Rising Sun - A Story of the Russo-Japanese War • Harry Collingwood

... the form as a unit, and to consider here only what may be called the quality of line. A line may be straight or broken, and if curved, curving continuously or brokenly, etc. That this quality of line is distinct from form may be shown by the simple experiment of turning a spiral—a logarithmic spiral, let us say—in different ways about its focus. The aesthetic effect of the figure is absolutely different in the different positions, and yet the feeling about the character of the line itself seems to remain the same. In what sense, and for what reasons, does this ...

— The Psychology of Beauty • Ethel D. Puffer