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  • 21log — /lɒg / (say log) noun 1. an unhewn portion or length of the trunk or a large limb of a felled tree. 2. something inert or heavy. 3. Nautical a. a device for determining the speed of and distance covered by a ship. b. Also, chip log. a device… …

  • 22log — 1. n. & v. n. 1 an unhewn piece of a felled tree, or a similar rough mass of wood, esp. cut for firewood. 2 a a float attached to a line wound on a reel for gauging the speed of a ship. b any other apparatus for the same purpose. 3 a record of… …

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  • 23log chip — noun also log ship : a thin flat usually triangular piece of wood that is typically like a quadrant of a circle and that usually has a radius of 5 or 6 inches and is loaded with lead on the arc so as to float point up and that is attached to a… …

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  • 24log reel — noun : a usually small wooden reel around which a log line is wound * * * Naut. a reel from which the line of a log chip runs. [1855 60] * * * log reel, the reel by which a float for measuring the speed of a ship is unwound …

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  • 25log — Synonyms and related words: Domesday Book, Mach meter, accelerometer, account book, accounts payable ledger, accounts receivable ledger, address book, adversaria, album, anemometer, annals, annual, appointment calendar, appointment schedule,… …

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  • 26log chip — Naut. the wooden chip of a chip log, for holding the end of the log line. Also, logchip. Also called log ship, logship. [1840 50] * * * …

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  • 27log glass — noun : a small hourglass used to time the running out of a log line …

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  • 28Log Area Ratios — (LAR) can be used to represent Reflection Coefficients (another form for Linear Prediction Coefficients) for transmission over a channel. While not as efficient as Line Spectral Pairs (LSPs), Log Area Ratios are much simpler to compute. Let r k… …

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  • 29log — [1] ► NOUN 1) a part of the trunk or a large branch of a tree that has fallen or been cut off. 2) (also logbook) an official record of events during the voyage of a ship or aircraft. 3) an apparatus for determining the speed of a ship, originally …

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  • 30log phase — lȯg , läg n the period of growth of a population of cells (as of a microorganism) in a culture medium during which numbers increase exponentially and which is represented by a part of the growth curve that is a straight line segment if the… …

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