Definition of Natural logarithm

1. Noun. A logarithm to the base e.

Exact synonyms: Napierian Logarithm
Generic synonyms: Log, Logarithm

Definition of Natural logarithm

1. Noun. (mathematics) The logarithm in base ''e''; either the function that given x\! returns y\! such that e^y = x\! or the value of y\!. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Natural Logarithm

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Literary usage of Natural logarithm

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Napier Tercentenary Memorial Volume by Cargill Gilston Knott (1915)
"It is the purpose of the present note to show how to find in a similar way the number corresponding to a given natural logarithm, base e. ..."

2. Plane and Spherical Trigonometry by Henry Nathan Wheeler, George Albert Wentworth, James Mills Peirce (1876)
"21 may be used to find the natural logarithm of any number, or the denary logarithm of any power of the exponential base, or to find a number from its ..."

3. Smithsonian Mathematical Tables: Hyperbolic Functions by George Ferdinand Becker, Charles Edwin Van Orstrand, Smithsonian Institution (1909)
"When the natural logarithm of a vulgar fraction is required it is best to look out ... If the natural logarithm is required of a fractional number stated ..."

4. Mathematical Tables Chiefly to Four Figures by James Mills Peirce (1879)
"19 may be used to find the natural logarithm of any number. or the denary logarithm of any power of the exponential base. or to find a number from its ..."

5. Life of Sir William Rowan Hamilton: Knt., LL. D., D. C. L., M. R. I. A by Robert Perceval Graves (1889)
"With this selection the ratio of n tol would be represented in calculation by the natural logarithm of n, just as a foot is represented by 12, ..."

6. Life of Sir William Rowan Hamilton: Knt., LL. D., D. C. L., M. R. I. A by Robert Perceval Graves (1889)
"With this selection the ratio of n to 1 would be represented iu calculation by the natural logarithm of », just as a foot is represented by I'-', ..."

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