logometricadj.
/lɒɡəʊˈmɛtrɪk/ Indicating ratios by measurement. Used by Wollaston to designate his ‘scale’ for the graphic representation of chemical equivalents.
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logometric1813
1813 Wollaston in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 104 15 Those who are acquainted..with the use of logarithms as measures of ratios..will not need to be told that all the divisions are logometric.
1813 Wollaston in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 104 17 In the engraved scale of equivalents, the ratios of these numbers are represented by logometric intervals at which they are placed.
1827 M. Faraday Chem. Manip. xxii. 555 The scale is the logometric line of numbers.
Derivatives
logoˈmetrical adj. (in the same sense.)
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1855 J. Ogilvie Suppl. Imperial Dict. Logometrical.
logoˈmetrically adv.
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logometrically1813
1813 Wollaston in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 104 17 The slider..is logometrically divided.
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