antilogarithmn.
Math.† 1. ‘The complement of the logarithm of a sine, tangent, or secant; or the difference between that and the logarithm of ninety degrees.’ Chambers Cycl. Supp. 1753. Obs.
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1796 C. Hutton Math. & Philos. Dict. I. 121.
2. The number to which the logarithm belongs.
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1675 J. Collins Let. in S. P. Rigaud & S. J. Rigaud Corr. Sci. Men 17th Cent. (1841) (modernized text) I. 215 Between..1630 and 1640, Dr. Pell and one Mr. Warner..agreed to make a table of antilogarithms.
1834 Penny Cycl. II. 105 Antilogarithm, as used in this country, means the number to the logarithm. Thus in Briggs' system, 100 is the antilogarithm of 2, because 2 is the logarithm of 100.
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