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Logarithm

One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by John Napier, of Merchiston, Scotland (1550-1617), to abridge arithmetical calculations, by the use of addition and subtraction in place of multiplication and division.

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Exponent 76% connected

A number, letter, or any quantity written on the right hand of and above another quantity, and denoting how many times the latter is repeated as a fa…

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Index 76% connected

That which points out; that which shows, indicates, manifests, or discloses.

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Power 76% connected

Same as Poor, the fish.

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Log 92% connected

A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills.

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Calculus 84% connected

Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them…

mathematics of change 25% interchangeable

The exponent needed to produce a number.

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Derivative adjective · 81% connection

Obtained by derivation; derived; not radical, original, or fundamental; originating, deduced, or formed from something else; secondary…

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Function noun · 81% connection

The act of executing or performing any duty, office, or calling; per formance.

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Gradient adjective · 81% connection

Moving by steps; walking; as, gradient automata.

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Integral adjective · 81% connection

Lacking nothing of completeness; complete; perfect; uninjured; whole; entire.

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Limit verb · 81% connection

That which terminates, circumscribes, restrains, or confines; the bound, border, or edge; the utmost extent; as, the limit of a walk,…

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Variable adjective · 81% connection

Having the capacity of varying or changing; capable of alternation in any manner; changeable; as, variable winds or seasons; a variabl…

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Integer noun · 78% connection

any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero; "an integer is a number that is not a fraction"

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Irrational noun · 78% connection

a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number

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Irrational number noun · 78% connection

a real number that cannot be expressed as a rational number

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Natural number noun · 78% connection

the number 1 and any other number obtained by adding 1 to it repeatedly

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Rational noun · 78% connection

an integer or a fraction

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Real noun · 78% connection

any rational or irrational number

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Real number noun · 78% connection

any rational or irrational number

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Square root noun · 78% connection

a number that when multiplied by itself equals a given number

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Whole number noun · 78% connection

any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero; "an integer is a number that is not a fraction"

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Abacus noun · 78% connection

A calculating table or frame; an instrument for performing arithmetical calculations by balls sliding on wires, or counters in grooves…

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Abridge verb · 78% connection

To make shorter; to shorten in duration; to lessen; to diminish; to curtail; as, to abridge labor; to abridge power or rights.

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Albyn noun · 78% connection

Scotland; esp. the Highlands of Scotland.

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Atmo noun · 78% connection

The standard atmospheric pressure used in certain physical measurements calculations; conventionally, that pressure under which the ba…

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Bluegown noun · 78% connection

One of a class of paupers or pensioners, or licensed beggars, in Scotland, to whim annually on the king's birthday were distributed ce…

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Brunonian adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or invented by, Brown; -- a term applied to a system of medicine promulgated in the 18th century by John Brown, of Scot…

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Calculating adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations.

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Calculator noun · 78% connection

a small machine that is used for mathematical calculations; can be mechanical or electronic

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Computer noun · 78% connection

a machine for performing calculations automatically

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Crannoge noun · 78% connection

One of the stockaded islands in Scotland and Ireland which in ancient times were numerous in the lakes of both countries. They may be…

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Cusp noun · 78% connection

The beginning or first entrance of any house in the calculations of nativities, etc.

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Element noun · 78% connection

One of the necessary data or values upon which a system of calculations depends, or general conclusions are based; as, the elements of…

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Even adjective · 78% connection

Not odd; capable of division by two without a remainder; -- said of numbers; as, 4 and 10 are even numbers.

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Genus noun · 78% connection

A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly di…

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Glassite noun · 78% connection

A member of a Scottish sect, founded in the 18th century by John Glass, a minister of the Established Church of Scotland, who taught t…

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Gunter's line unknown · 78% connection

A logarithmic line on Gunter's scale, used for performing the multiplication and division of numbers mechanically by the dividers; --…

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Image noun · 78% connection

(mathematics) the set of values of the dependent variable for which a function is defined; "the image of f(x) = x^2 is the set of all…

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Johannean adjective · 78% connection

Of or pertaining to John, esp. to the Apostle John or his writings.

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