Logarithmical

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Logarithmic \Log`a*rith"mic\, Logarithmical \Log`a*rith"mic*al\,
     a. [Cf. F. logarithmique.]
     1. Of or pertaining to logarithms; consisting of logarithms.
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     2. Using logarithms; as, logarithmic graph paper; a


        logarithmic scale.
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     3. Having a logarithm in one or more of the unknowns; -- of
        an equation.
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     {Logarithmic curve} (Math.), a curve which, referred to a
        system of rectangular coordinate axes, is such that the
        ordinate of any point will be the logarithm of its
        abscissa.
  
     {Logarithmic spiral}, a spiral curve such that radii drawn
        from its pole or eye at equal angles with each other are
        in continual proportion. See {Spiral}.
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