logarithm
Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /ˈlɑ.ɡə.ɹɪ.ð(ə)m/, /ˈlɑɡəɹ.ɹɪ.ðəm/, /ˈlɑɡ.ə.ɹɪðm/, /ˈlɑɡ.əɹ.ɹɪðm/
Noun

logarithm (plural logarithms)

  1. (mathematics) For a number x, the power to which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain x. Written \log_b x. For example, \log_{10} 1000 = 3 because 10^3 = 1000 and \log_2 16 = 4 because 2^4 = 16.
    For a currency which uses denominations of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500, 1000, etc., each jump in the base-10 logarithm from one denomination to the next higher is either 0.3010 or 0.3979.
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