Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word
logarithmus. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
logarithmus, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
logarithmus in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word
logarithmus you have here. The definition of the word
logarithmus will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition of
logarithmus, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.
Latin
Etymology
Coined by Scottish mathematician John Napier in 1614, from Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) + Ancient Greek ἀριθμός (arithmós).
Pronunciation
Noun
logarithmus m (genitive logarithmī); second declension (New Latin)
- (mathematics) logarithm
- 1620, John Napier, Mirifici Logarithmorum Canonis Constructio, Preface by Robert Napier, p. 3:
Habes igitur (Lector benevole) in hoc libellо, doctrinam constructionis Logarithmorum (quos híc numeros artificiales appellat; hunc enim tractatum, ante inventam Logarithmorum vocem, apud se pro aliquot annos conscriptum habuerat) copiosissime explicatam; in qua eorum natura, symptomata, ас variae ad naturales eorum numeros habitudines perspicue demonstrantur.- You have therefore (kind Reader) in this pamphlet, the teaching of the construction of Logarithms (which here he calls artificial numbers; indeed he had had in this treatise written by it for some years before the name of Logarithms was found) most copiously explained; in which are clearly shown the nature and characteristics of them, as well as the various conditions for their natural numbers.
Declension
Second-declension noun.
Descendants