Logarithm

log'a-rithm, n. (of a number) the power to which another given number must be raised in order that it may equal the former number. [Lit. 'the number of the ratios,' Gr. logos, ratio, and arithmos number.] Logarithmic, log-a-nth'mik, Logarithmical, log a-rith'mik-al, adj. pertaining to or consisting of logarithms.—adv. Logarith'mically. Logboard, log'bOrd, Logbook, log'book, ns naut a board and book on which the iogreckoning is kept. Log-cabin, log'-kab'in, Log house, log'hows, Loghut, log'hut, ns a cabin, house, or hut built of logs. Loggerhead. log'er-hcd, n a bloi khead a dunce naut a round piece of timber, in a whale-boat, over which the line is pa ed a species of sea turtle \—pl. quarrel dispute. [Log, a piece of wood, and Head.