logarithmic
adjective
pertaining to a logarithm or logarithms.
logarithmically
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a word derived from
logarithmic.
Example Sentences
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Magnitudes on the Richter scale are measured logarithmically, with each whole number increase representing ten times more in measured amplitude.
From Barron's ● May 11, 2026
Subscriptions to the HermanCainAward subreddit are increasing logarithmically, from 2,000 subscribers on July 4 to 5,000 at the beginning of August to more than 100,000 on Sept. 1 to 243,000 Friday to 276,000 today.
From Slate ● Sep. 21, 2021
Since entropy increases logarithmically with the number of microstates, the most probable distribution is therefore the one of greatest entropy.
From Textbooks ● Feb. 14, 2019
We hear pitch logarithmically, and an octave corresponds to a frequency ratio of 2 : 1.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 24, 2018
M. Bouty gives a note or illustration of what such numbers mean — a precaution not superfluous in cases where magnitudes are denoted logarithmically.
From On Laboratory Arts by Richard Threlfall
