logarithmic : Idioms & Phrases


Logarithmic curve

  • (Math.), a curve which, referred to a system of rectangular coördinate axes, is such that the ordinate of any point will be the logarithm of its abscissa.
Webster 1913

logarithmic scale

  • noun scale on which actual distances from the origin are proportional to the logarithms of the corresponding scale numbers
WordNet

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.
Webster 1913