logarithmic
Like decibel scales
Logarithmic describes something related to or based on logarithms—mathematical functions that express how many times a base number must be multiplied by itself to produce a given value.
A logarithmic scale compresses large ranges of data, making exponential growth appear as a straight line: The graph uses a logarithmic scale to show earthquake magnitudes.
Logarithmic growth increases rapidly at first, then levels off—the opposite of exponential growth.
Supporting bottom structure
- exponentSuperscript showing power
- mantissaLogarithm's fractional component
- lnLogarithm base e
- logSectioned tree trunk
power · inverse · exponential · function · characteristic · argument · Napier · Briggs
Rotation reference line
- graphVisual data display
- plotStoryline or land parcel
- decibelTenth of a bel
- pHMeasure of solution acidity
Richter · magnitude · compression · nonlinear · visualization · chart · spacing · data
Eight-note interval
- pitchFrequency of sound
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- semitoneMinimum Western musical interval
- intervalDuration between two points
cents · tuning · perception · loudness · acoustics · decibel · chromatic · twelve-tone
Gradual organic breakdown
- curveSmooth, angleless line
- asymptoteUnreached bounding curve
- saturationState of complete permeation
- complexityState of being complicated
runtime · efficiency · sublinear · scaling · performance · slowdown · plateau · bounded
base
Supporting bottom structure
log · power · inverse · exponential · function · characteristic · argument · Napier · Briggs · decibel
axis
Rotation reference line
pH · Richter · magnitude · compression · nonlinear · visualization · chart · spacing · data · range
octave
Eight-note interval
interval · cents · tuning · perception · loudness · acoustics · decibel · chromatic · twelve-tone
decay
Gradual organic breakdown
- curveSmooth, angleless line
- asymptoteUnreached bounding curve
- saturationState of complete permeation
complexity · runtime · efficiency · sublinear · scaling · performance · slowdown · plateau · bounded
nautilus
Chambered marine mollusk
- FibonacciPisan mathematician, numeral importer
- galaxyGravitationally bound stellar mass
- hurricaneViolent tropical windstorm
self-similar · equiangular · shell · whorl · sunflower · pinecone · geometry · nature · Bernoulli · curvature
- scalesweight, measure, balance, balance scale, digital scale
- math termsnumbers, plus or minus, linear growth, square, operand
- graph shapesline, curve, bar, pie, scatter
- function propertiesdomain, range, continuity, derivative, limit
- proportionsratio, proportion, fraction, percentage, percent
- size wordsbig, small, short, large, huge
logarithmicexponential
Increasing by constant ratio
linear · arithmetic · uniform · polynomial · geometric
- common logarithmLogarithm using base ten
- logarithmic scaleMeasurement showing multiplicative change
- logarithmic spiralCurve maintaining constant tangent angle
- natural logarithmInverse of e-to-the-x
- logarithmic tablesPrecomputed exponent reference sheets
logarithmic spiral, logarithm, logarithms, logarithmically, antilogarithm