Both Uses of
logarithmic scale
in
Arrowsmith
- He was merely sitting at a table, looking at logarithmic tables.†
Chpt 24 *
- Wouldn't you work all the better if you got away from your logarithmic tables now and then?†
Chpt 37
Definition:
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(logarithmic scale) a scale in which positions are proportional to the logarithms of underlying values
(A normal (linear) scale might show one unit per inch; whereas a logarithmic scale (of base 10) might show 10 units at the first inch, 100 at the second, 1000 units for the 3rd, ...)