log

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[edit] Translingual

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[edit] Symbol

log

  1. (mathematics) logarithm
    if x = by then log b(x) = y

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  • (with base e) ln
  • (with base 10) lg

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If not specified, the assumed base of the logarithm is either 10 or e, depending on context.

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[edit] Etymology 1

Middle English logge, of unknown origin. That it descends from Old Norse lág (“a felled tree”)[1] is widely doubted on phonological grounds; an alternative is sound expression of the notion of something massive.

[edit] Noun

log (plural logs)

  1. The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
    They walked across the stream on a fallen log.
  2. Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
  3. (nautical) A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.
  4. A logbook.
  5. (figuratively) A blockhead, very dumb person.
  6. (surfing slang) A longboard.
    • 1999, Neal Miyake [1]
      I know he hadn’t surfed on a log much in his childhood
  7. (figuratively) A rolled cake with filling.
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  • (logbook):
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Terms derived from log (noun)
[edit] Translations
trunk of dead tree, cleared of branches
bulky piece of timber
nautical: device for measuring the speed of a vessel
logbook — see logbook
very dumb person — see blockhead
surfing: longboard — see longboard
rolled cake — see Swiss roll
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[edit] Verb

log (third-person singular simple present logs, present participle logging, simple past and past participle logged)

  1. (transitive) To cut trees into logs
  2. (transitive) To cut down (trees).
  3. (transitive) To travel at a specified speed, as ascertained by chip log
  4. (intransitive) To cut down trees in an area, harvesting and transporting the logs as wood
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[edit] Translations
to cut down trees

[edit] Etymology 2

From logbook, itself from log (above) + book

[edit] Noun

log (plural logs)

  1. A logbook, or journal of a vessel (or aircraft)'s progress
  2. A chronological record of actions, performances, computer/network usage, etc.
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logbook
chronological record
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[edit] Verb

log (third-person singular simple present logs, present participle logging, simple past and past participle logged)

  1. (transitive) To make, to add an entry (or more) in a log(book).
  2. (transitive) To travel (a distance) as shown in a logbook
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make an entry in a log

[edit] References

  1. ^ log in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

[edit] Dutch

[edit] Etymology 1

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Presumably Germanic, cognates may include English log, lag, Middle Low German luggich 'slow'

[edit] Adjective

log (comparative logger, superlative logst)

  1. lumbering, inert, slow in movement; immobile
  2. (originally) plumb, (too) heavy in built ande/or weight
  3. cumbersome, hard to move or change
  4. dull, uninspired
[edit] Declension
Declension of log
positive comparative superlative
attributive predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial log logger  
neuter
singular		 indefinite log logger
definite logge loggere logste het logst(e)
common singular logge loggere logste de logste
plural logge loggere logste de logste
partitive logs loggers  


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[edit] Etymology 2

Germanic: cognate with liegen 'to (tell a) lie', German lügen

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log n. (plural loggen, diminutive logje)

  1. A lie, violation of the truth
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[edit] Etymology 3

Germanic: from equivalent German Loch 'hole, opening, cavity'

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log n. (plural loggen, ??? please provide the diminutive!)

  1. (obsolete) An alternative form of loch
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[edit] Etymology 4

Germanic: from English log (see above), sense (and short for) chip log

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log m. (plural loggen, diminutive logje)

  1. A chip log, instrument to measure a vessel's speed
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log

  1. First-person singular preterite of lügen.
  2. Third-person singular preterite of lügen.

[edit] Latvian

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log

  1. singular vocative of logs

[edit] Old English

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  • IPA: /loːɣ/

[edit] Etymology 1

Proto-Germanic *lōgan, from Proto-Indo-European *legh-. Cognate with Old Frisian lōch, Old High German luog. The Indo-European root is also the source of Greek λέκτρον (lektron), Latin lectus (“bed”), Celtic *leg- (Old Irish lige, Irish luighe), Slavic *ležati (Russian лежать (ležát’)).

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lōg n.

  1. A place, stead
    on his log: in his place; instead of him.
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Inflected forms.

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lōg

  1. first-person singular preterite of lēan
  2. third-person singular preterite of lēan

[edit] Slovene

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lóg

  1. A grove
  2. A small forest

[edit] Swedish

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log

  1. past tense of le.

[edit] Volapük

[edit] Etymology

Compound of French le and German Auge

[edit] Noun

log (plural logs)

  1. eye

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declension of log
singular plural
nominative log logs
genitive loga logas
dative loge loges
accusative logi logis
predicative logu logus
vocative o log! o logs!

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