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单词 log table
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Definition of log table in English:

log table

noun
  • A table of mathematical logarithms.

    I grew up in the days of log tables and slide rules
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Prior to computers and electronic calculators, work was done on mechanical calculators and the designer had to work with log tables.
    • He produced log tables which were designed for taking 10th roots and powers of numbers.
    • In 1907 he developed log tables which were especially easy for students to use.
    • Engineers stopped using slide rules and log tables because they had handheld calculators.
    • A question asking about the price of a field per hectare referred students to the page of the log tables where they would find the relevant conversion formula.
    • In his pre-calculator days, he could spend all his free time calculating his batting average to several decimal points using log tables and slide rules!
    • To do this, we work out the power ratio and then look up the log of this value in log tables.
    • If you wanted to multiply two numbers together using a log table, you would look up the logarithm of both numbers and then add the logarithms together.
    • We can get the calculator out and do this calculation or, if you are a bit more hard-core, log tables or a slide rule.
    • I remember the recommendation on the first day of the course to buy a book of log tables.
 
 
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