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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 moment magnitude scale is logarithmic — that is, each whole number of magnitude represents about a 30-fold increase in energy released.

From New York Times Apr. 5, 2024

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

From Salon Mar. 10, 2023

The scale’s objective, base-10 logarithmic system caught on, and although it’s been superseded, people still attach his name to the scale.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 7, 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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