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Meaning of 'logarithm' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Logarithm [ n.]
- One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by John Napier, of Merchiston, Scotland (1550-1617), to abridge arithmetical calculations, by the use of addition and subtraction in place of multiplication and division.

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