Crossword clues for logbook
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Log \Log\, n. [Icel. l[=a]g a felled tree, log; akin to E. lie. See Lie to lie prostrate.]
A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing or sawing.
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[Prob. the same word as in sense 1; cf. LG. log, lock, Dan. log, Sw. logg.] (Naut.) An apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship's motion through the water.
Note: The common log consists of the log-chip, or logship, often exclusively called the log, and the log line, the former being commonly a thin wooden quadrant of five or six inches radius, loaded with lead on the arc to make it float with the point up. It is attached to the log line by cords from each corner. This line is divided into equal spaces, called knots, each bearing the same proportion to a mile that half a minute does to an hour. The line is wound on a reel which is so held as to let it run off freely. When the log is thrown, the log-chip is kept by the water from being drawn forward, and the speed of the ship is shown by the number of knots run out in half a minute. There are improved logs, consisting of a piece of mechanism which, being towed astern, shows the distance actually gone through by the ship, by means of the revolutions of a fly, which are registered on a dial plate.
Hence: The record of the rate of speed of a ship or airplane, and of the course of its progress for the duration of a voyage; also, the full nautical record of a ship's cruise or voyage; a log slate; a log book.
Hence, generally: A record and tabulated statement of the person(s) operating, operations performed, resources consumed, and the work done by any machine, device, or system.
(Mining) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
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(computers) A record of activities performed within a program, or changes in a database or file on a computer, and typically kept as a file in the computer. Log board (Naut.), a board consisting of two parts shutting together like a book, with columns in which are entered the direction of the wind, course of the ship, etc., during each hour of the day and night. These entries are transferred to the log book. A folding slate is now used instead. Log book, or Logbook (Naut.),
a book in which is entered the daily progress of a ship at sea, as indicated by the log, with notes on the weather and incidents of the voyage; the contents of the log board.
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a book in which a log[4] is recorded.
Log cabin, Log house, a cabin or house made of logs.
Log canoe, a canoe made by shaping and hollowing out a single log; a dugout canoe.
Log glass (Naut.), a small sandglass used to time the running out of the log line.
Log line (Naut.), a line or cord about a hundred and fifty fathoms long, fastened to the log-chip. See Note under 2d Log, n., 2.
Log perch (Zo["o]l.), an ethiostomoid fish, or darter ( Percina caprodes); -- called also hogfish and rockfish.
Log reel (Naut.), the reel on which the log line is wound.
Log slate. (Naut.) See Log board (above).
Rough log (Naut.), a first draught of a record of the cruise or voyage.
Smooth log (Naut.), a clean copy of the rough log. In the case of naval vessels this copy is forwarded to the proper officer of the government.
To heave the log (Naut.), to cast the log-chip into the water; also, the whole process of ascertaining a vessel's speed by the log.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context nautical English) A book in which measurements from the ship's log are recorded, along with other salient details of the voyage. 2 (context by extension English) A book in which events are recorded; a journal, especially of travel. 3 (context UK English) A record of the ownership, and licensing of a motor car
WordNet
n. a book in which the log is written
Wikipedia
A logbook (a ship's logs or simply log) is a record of important events in the management, operation, and navigation of a ship. It is essential to traditional navigation, and must be filled in at least daily.
The term originally referred to a book for recording readings from the chip log, used to determine the distance a ship traveled within a certain amount of time. The readings of the log have been recorded in equal times to give the distance traveled with respect to a given start position. Today's ship's log has grown to contain many other types of information, and is a record of operational data relating to a ship or submarine, such as weather conditions, times of routine events and significant incidents, crew complement or what ports were docked at and when.
The term logbook has spread to a wide variety of other endeavors, and logbooks are widely used for e.g. complex machines like nuclear plants or particle accelerators where one is more and more using a computer based electronic logbook. In military terms, a logbook is a series of official and legally binding documents. Each document (usually arranged by date) is marked with the time of an event or action of significance.
Usage examples of "logbook".
MacRobert came for her at 1127, she was deep into the logbook, and calm again.
He dug deeper into the packing foam and extracted his platoon logbook, which he slipped into his hip pocket.
Tyson lowered the logbook and let his mind go back to the Strawberry Patch.
Tyson stared down at the small logbook in his hands, then without further thought he threw it in the fire.
He worked his logbook out of his back pocket, drew his legs up further, and made an entry, then slipped the book under his shirt into his waistband.
She went into the SEM room and flipped through the logbook there, finding a similar number of phony entries.
We got elements of our investigation, whatever this logbook shit is, out in the open!
He made a special note in his logbook to find information about AMRIID.
Two Red Zone commandos went aboard the gunship on the pretext of examining the flight recorder and logbook, but they hardly seemed to care about that.
He pulled it open and found a red-leather-covered logbook, which he picked up.
You will also find twenty-six pages torn from the logbook of the nuclear submarine Starbuck.
Feeling audacious, Ishmael withdrew the purloined logbooks and held them out.
Zensunni garb, but again the name of Tio Holtzman and the impressive-looking logbooks proved of sufficient weight to overcome doubts and questions.
He thought a moment and then carried the open logbook to his large dissecting microscope.
That was when he told me he had an old ship's logbook in his sea chest, a logbook that belonged to one of the old Manila treasure galIeons in the fifteen hundreds, and that this one had a clue to buried treasure on the last page.