They were suggested by the celebrated German mathematician Karl Friedrich Gauss and are of great
service in many astronomical computations. —
Hyperbolic, or Napierian,
logarithms,
those logarithms
(devised by John Speidell, 1619) of which the base is 2.7182818; — so called from Napier, the inventor
of logarithms. — Logistic or Proportionallogarithms., See under Logistic.
Logarithmetic
(Log`a*rith*met"ic Log"a*rith*met"ic*al) a. See Logarithmic.
Logarithmetically
(Log`a*rith*met"ic*al*ly), adv. Logarithmically.
Logarithmic
(Log`a*rith"mic Log`a*rith"mic*al) a. [Cf. F. logarithmique.] Of or pertaining to logarithms; consisting
of logarithms.
Logarithmic curve (Math.),
a curve which, referred to a system of rectangular coördinate 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.
Logarithmically
(Log`a*rith"mic*al*ly), adv. By the use of logarithms.
Log-chip
(Log"-chip`) n. (Naut.) A thin, flat piece of board in the form of a quadrant of a circle attached
to the log line; — called also log-ship. See 2d Log, n., 2.
Logcock
(Log"cock`) n. The pileated woodpecker.
Loge
(Loge) n. [F. See Lodge.] A lodge; a habitation. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Loggan
(Log"gan) n. See Logan.
Loggat
(Log"gat) n. [Also written logget.]
1. A small log or piece of wood. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
2. pl. An old game in England, played by throwing pieces of wood at a stake set in the ground. [Obs.]
Shak.
Logge
(Logge) n. & v. See Lodge. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Logged
(Logged) a. Made slow and heavy in movement; water-logged. Beaconsfield.