Gunter's line

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English

WOTD – 9 April 2021

Etymology

Gunter’s lines are visible on this drawing of a Gunter’s scale (right, marked “Fig. 35”).[n 1]

From Gunter +‎ -'s +‎ line, from the surname of the English clergyman, geometer, and mathematician Edmund Gunter (1581–1628), the inventor of the Gunter’s scale.[1]

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Noun

Gunter's line (plural Gunter's lines)

  1. (mathematics) A logarithmic line on a Gunter's scale, which is used to perform the multiplication and division of numbers mechanically with only dividers.
    Synonyms: Gunter's proportion, line of lines, line of numbers

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Notes

  1. ^ From E[phraim] Chambers (1728) Cyclopædia: Or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; , volume II, London: James and John Knapton , →OCLC, plate between pages 252 and 253.

References

  1. ^ “Gunter’s line” under “Gunter, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, June 2019.

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