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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A table showing the quantity of lumber one inch thick, board-measure, obtainable from a round log, the length and the diameter beneath the bark being given.
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XKCD's log-scale map of the observable universe - Boing Boing
Boing Boing 2009
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XKCD's log-scale map of the observable universe - Boing Boing
Boing Boing 2009
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XKCD's log-scale map of the observable universe - Boing Boing
Boing Boing 2009
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Even on a log-scale, your data still drops off extremely sharply; that shows that a few of the most popular targets are vastly, vastly more popular than the others.
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A number of rings or disks are mounted side by side on a cylinder, each having on its rim a log-scale.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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Federal debt is indeed increasing at an alarming rate, but the real log-scale version is a more appropriate way to read the numbers.
US Market Commentary from Seeking Alpha Doug Short 2010
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For long time frames with major value changes, a log-scale vertical axis gives a clearer sense of the velocity and degree of change.
US Market Commentary from Seeking Alpha Doug Short 2010
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Ex vivo Progenitor Cell Expansion and NK Cell Differentiation ex vivo culture system for the expansion of CD34+ cells followed by the subsequent log-scale generation of CD56
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jan Spanholtz et al. 2010
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Ex vivo Progenitor Cell Expansion and NK Cell Differentiation ex vivo culture system for the expansion of CD34+ cells followed by the subsequent log-scale generation of CD56
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Jan Spanholtz et al. 2010
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The bar graph is Pakistan Sri Lanka Bhutan Maldives 1 10 100 1,000 10,000 100,000 10,000,000 plotted on log-scale.
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