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De - Pt| English Dictionary: Logarithmic | by the DICT Development Group |
| 3 results for Logarithmic | |
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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Logarithmic \Log`a*rith"mic\, Logarithmical \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 co[94]rdinate 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}. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Tangent \Tan"gent\, n. [L. tangens, -entis, p. pr. of tangere to touch; akin to Gr. [?] having seized: cf. F. tangente. Cf. {Attain}, {Contaminate}, {Contingent}, {Entire}, {Tact}, {Taste}, {Tax}, v. t.] (Geom.) A tangent line curve, or surface; specifically, that portion of the straight line tangent to a curve that is between the point of tangency and a given line, the given line being, for example, the axis of abscissas, or a radius of a circle produced. See {Trigonometrical function}, under {Function}. {Artificial}, [or] {Logarithmic}, {tangent}, the logarithm of the natural tangent of an arc. {Natural tangent}, a decimal expressing the length of the tangent of an arc, the radius being reckoned unity. {Tangent galvanometer} (Elec.), a form of galvanometer having a circular coil and a short needle, in which the tangent of the angle of deflection of the needle is proportional to the strength of the current. {Tangent of an angle}, the natural tangent of the arc subtending or measuring the angle. {Tangent of an arc}, a right line, as ta, touching the arc of a circle at one extremity a, and terminated by a line ct, passing from the center through the other extremity o. | |
