 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
logarithmic
adjective: of or relating to or using logarithms; "logarithmic
function"
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Logarithmic \Log'a*rith"mic\, Logarithmical \Log'a*rith"mic*al\,
a. [Cf. F. logarithmique.]
1. Of or pertaining to logarithms; consisting of logarithms.
2. Using logarithms; as, logarithmic graph paper; a
logarithmic scale.
[PJC]
3. Having a logarithm in one or more of the unknowns; -- of
an equation.
[PJC]
{Logarithmic curve} (Math.), a curve which, referred to a
system of rectangular co["o]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 Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "logarithmic":
algorismic, algorithmic, aliquot, cardinal, decimal, differential,
digital, even, exponential, figural, figurate, figurative, finite,
fractional, imaginary, impair, impossible, infinite, integral,
irrational, logometric, negative, numeral, numerary, numerative,
numeric, odd, ordinal, pair, positive, possible, prime, radical,
rational, real, reciprocal, submultiple, surd, transcendental
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