natural logarithm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The logarithm in base e: either the function that given x returns y such that eʸ = x, or the value of y given by the function.

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natural logarithm natural logarithms

From New Latin logarithmus nātūrālis, coined in 1668 by Nicholas Mercator in his book Logarithmo-technica.

hyperbolic logarithm ln Naperian logarithm Napierian logarithm

common logarithm logarithm

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