The Collaborative International Dictionary
Logarithmic \Log`a*rith"mic\, Logarithmical \Log`a*rith"mic*al\, a. [Cf. F. logarithmique.]
Of or pertaining to logarithms; consisting of logarithms.
Using logarithms; as, logarithmic graph paper; a logarithmic scale.
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Having a logarithm in one or more of the unknowns; -- of an equation.
Logarithmic curve (Math.), a curve which, referred to a system of rectangular co["o]rdinate axes, is such that the ordinate of any point will be the logarithm of its abscissa.
Logarithmic spiral, a spiral curve such that radii drawn from its pole or eye at equal angles with each other are in continual proportion. See Spiral.
Usage examples of "logarithmic curve".
The course of the Lianvabon into the nebula might be known to the black ship, but it had been the end of a logarithmic curve, and the aliens could not know its properties.