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Briggsian logarithm — /brig zee euhn/, Math. See common logarithm. Also Briggs logarithm. [named after H. BRIGGS; see IAN] * * * … Universalium
briggsian logarithm — noun see briggs logarithm * * * /brig zee euhn/, Math. See common logarithm. Also Briggs logarithm. [named after H. BRIGGS; see IAN] … Useful english dictionary
Common logarithm — The common logarithm. The common logarithm is the logarithm with base 10. It is also known as the decadic logarithm, named after its base. It is indicated by log10(x), or sometimes Log(x) with a capital L (however, this notation is ambiguous… … Wikipedia
logarithm — /law geuh ridh euhm, rith , log euh /, n. Math. the exponent of the power to which a base number must be raised to equal a given number; log: 2 is the logarithm of 100 to the base 10 (2 = log10 100). [1605 15; < NL logarithmus < Gk lóg(os) LOG +… … Universalium
Briggs, Henry — ▪ English mathematician born February 1561, Warleywood, Yorkshire, England died January 26, 1630, Oxford English mathematician who invented the common, or Briggsian, logarithm. His writings were mainly responsible for the widespread… … Universalium
Electrochemistry — is a branch of chemistry that studies chemical reactions which take place in a solution at the interface of an electron conductor (a metal or a semiconductor) and an ionic conductor (the electrolyte), and which involve electron transfer between… … Wikipedia
common logarithm — Math. a logarithm having 10 as the base. Also called Briggsian logarithm. Cf. natural logarithm. [1890 95] * * * … Universalium
