Logarithm

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Webster's Dictionary [1]

(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.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]

The exponent of the power to which a fixed number, called the base, must be raised to produce a certain given number.

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