log
Other forms: logs; logged; logging
A log is the trunk of a tree minus the branches: logging is cutting down trees. A log is also a written record of something, and logging is keeping such a record.
The first type of log is a tree that's been cut down with the branches stripped. Think of a log cabin: it's made up of logs. Logging is when trees are cut down for lumber. The other type of log is some type of written record or list of messages. A ship captain keeps a log of notes on the ship's status and progress. When you make such a record, you're logging. Logging can be written or orally recorded.
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a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
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cut lumber, as in woods and forestssynonyms: lumber
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a written record of messages sent or received
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a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane)
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measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the watertypes:harpoon loga cylindrical log with a device that registers distancepatent log, screw log, taffrail loga cigar-shaped log with rotary fins that measure the ship's speedtype of:measuring device, measuring instrument, measuring systeminstrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something
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enter into a log, as on ships and planes
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the exponent required to produce a given numbersynonyms: logarithmtypes:common logarithma logarithm to the base 10
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