logarithmic function

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logarithmic
adjective
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/ˌlɒɡ.ərˈɪð.mɪk/us
/ˌlɑː.ɡəˈrɪθ.mɪk/
relating to a logarithm (= a number that shows how many times a number has to be multiplied by itself to produce ...
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function
noun
uk
/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/us
/ˈfʌŋk.ʃən/
the natural purpose (of something) or the duty (of ...
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Such a weight has the appeal of implying that utility is alogarithmicfunctionof income.
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This decay in risk was modeled as a linear, quadratic, andlogarithmicfunctionof time since the loss event.
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By including thislogarithmicfunctionin the dependent variable, the nature of what an interaction means has changed.
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Since the calculations of growth rates are based on alogarithmicfunction, additivity of the growth rates is equivalent to multiplicity of non-logarithmic measures of fitness.
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Moreover, because thelogarithmicfunctionlog ("x") grows very slowly for large "x", logarithmic scales are used to compress large-scale scientific data.
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This results in a device where output voltage is alogarithmicfunctionof the slider position.
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The function that assigns to "y" its logarithm is called "logarithm function" or "logarithmicfunction" (or just "logarithm").
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This calculation uses alogarithmicfunction.
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Figure 3 displays the linear and logarithmic functions on untransformed data (the power function is omitted for clarity).
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Most researchers nowadays accept that a power law is a more realistic relationship, or that alogarithmicfunctionis just one of a family of possible functions.
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Fitts's law predicts that the time required to rapidly move to a target area is alogarithmicfunctionof the distance to and the size of the target.
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In 1729, he also built a tractional device that enabled logarithmic functions to be drawn.
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However, they did not formulate the notion of a "function", or have knowledge of the exponential or logarithmic functions.
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Some functions, such as the exponential or logarithmic functions, can be transformed so that they are linear.
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