Meaning of Log | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The trunk of a dead tree, cleared of branches.
2. Lamb of God, an American groove metal band.
3. A logbook, or journal of a vessel's (or aircraft's) progress.
4. A Hebrew unit of liquid volume (about ¹⁄₃ liter).
   historical
5. Synonym of logarithm.
6. Any bulky piece as cut from the above, used as timber, fuel etc.
7. A chronological record of actions, performances, computer/network usage, etc.
8. A difference of one in the logarithm, usually in base 10; an order of magnitude.
9. A unit of length equivalent to 16 feet, used for measuring timber, especially the trunk of a tree.
10. Specifically, an append-only sequential record of events written to a file, display, or other data stream.
11. Anything shaped like a log; a cylinder.
12. A floating device, usually of wood, used in navigation to estimate the speed of a vessel through water.
13. A blockhead; a very stupid person.
    figuratively
14. A heavy longboard.
    slang
15. A rolled cake with filling.
    figuratively
16. A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
17. A piece of feces, especially a relatively long, solid one, resembling a tree log.
    vulgar
18. A penis.
    vulgar

Equivalents

Examples

“They walked across the stream on a fallen log.”

“Why do you look at the speck that is in your brother's eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? Or how can you say to your brother, "Let me take the speck out of your eye," and behold, the log is in your own eye? You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother's eye.”

“[…] it was a thing of sinuous durability, wound around the spirit like a tapeworm around a log of shit.”

“Dip both sides in the sauce on the plate and then arrange a log of cheese filling down the middle of the tortilla.”

“1659, Navigation by the Mariners Plain Scale New Plain'd, by John Collins Every Noon the Master and his Mates take the reckoning off the Log-board, and double the Knots run, and then divide the Product, which is the number of Miles run by three, the quotient is the Leagues run since the former Noon, and according to custom the Log is thrown every two hours, and I never knew the course nearer expressed on the Log-board, then to half a point of the Compass.”

“1999, Neal Miyake https://web.archive.org/web/20060530122555/http://www.iav.com/~sponge/sesh/new2/sesh213.htm I know he hadn’t surfed on a log much in his childhood”

“The captain sat down to his log, and here is the beginning of the entry:...”

“The scientific instruments of the day recorded rapid fluctuations in the Earth's magnetic field, as powerful electrical currents flowed through the upper atmosphere. Ships' logs noted observations of the northern lights as far south as the Caribbean, and telegraph systems across the world were disrupted as electrical currents were induced in the copper lines.”

“...and one log of oil...”

“In the Hebrew system the log (Lev. xiv. 10) corresponds to the mina. Since the Hellenistic writers equate the log with the Græco-Roman sextarius, whatever these writers say on the relation of the sextarius to other measures applies also to the relation of these measures to the log. The log and the sextarius, however, are not equal in capacity. The sextarius is estimated at .547 liter, while there is no reason to regard the log as larger than the Babylonian mina, especially as other references of the Greek metrologists support the assumption that the log was equal to the mina. The fact that in the Old Testament the log is mentioned only as a fluid measure may be merely accidental, for the dry measures, which are distinguished in all other cases from the liquid measures, also have the log as their unit. The corresponding dry measure may, however, have been known under a different name.”

“To multiply two numbers, add their logs.”

“During the first 24 hr, however, titers of the lightly piliated organisms in the kidney increased by 4 logs, whereas the heavily piliated P. mirabilis were virtually all eliminated.”

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