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logarithmic

[law-guh-rith-mik, -rith-, log-uh-] / ˌlɔ gəˈrɪð mɪk, -ˈrɪθ-, ˌlɒg ə- /




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Their investigation led them to a broad family of theories known as conformal field theories, and more specifically to logarithmic conformal field theories.

From Science Daily Dec. 16, 2025

The scale for brightness is reverse logarithmic, which means the brighter an object is, the lower its magnitude number.

From Salon Mar. 10, 2023

But the February 6 earthquake was a 7.8—about four times bigger on the logarithmic scale of earthquake magnitudes.

From Scientific American Feb. 22, 2023

It is a logarithmic scale: For each whole-number it rises, the amount of energy released by an earthquake increases by about 32 times.

From New York Times Feb. 6, 2023

Like the Richter scale, the proposed index would be logarithmic, so what follows is a little detour to review for the innumerate those dreaded monsters from high school algebra: logarithms.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos




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