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Webster 1913 Edition
Mesologarithm
Mesˊo-log′a-rithm
,Noun.
[
Meso-
+ logarithm
: cf. F. mésologarithme
.] (Math.)
A logarithm of the cosine or cotangent.
[Obs.]
Kepler. Hutton.
Webster 1828 Edition
Mesologarithm
MESOLOG'ARITHM
,Noun.
A logarithm of the co-sines and co-tangents.
The former is called by Napier an antilogarithm, the latter a differential.
Definition 2024
mesologarithm
mesologarithm
English
Noun
mesologarithm (plural mesologarithms)
- (mathematics, obsolete) A logarithm of the cosine or cotangent.
- Johannes Kepler
- […] the antilogarithm of the greatest inclination is added to the mesologarithm of the argument, and thus the sum will be the mesologarithm of the argument of the reduction.
- Johannes Kepler