Define-it-hms
A mathematical shorthand that tells you how many times a number must be timed by itself.
What is an Exponent?
The man who invented Logarithms.
Who is John Napier?
Logarithms help to calculate how many bits computers need to store numbers in memory.
What is Binary Representation?
Determines the acidity or basicity of a compound
What is the pH scale?
One of the most powerful and unpredictable forces known to Earth.
What are earthquakes?
The specific number number that is being raised to a certain power.
What is a Base?
This is the century in which logarithms was discovered.
What is the 16th century?
This uses LOGS by splitting the data in half at each step.
What is Binary Search?
Chemists were able to simplify large exponential differences into this manageable two-digit scale ranging from these numbers.
What is a scale of 1-14?
The range of the earthquake maginitude scale based on the logarithmic value.
What is the range 1-10?
This is the exact power to which a base needs to be raised in order to equal a specific number.
What are Logarithms?
This was the profession(s) of the man who made logarithms.
What are a Mathematician and amateur Astronomer?
Uses logarithmic behavior for fast search, insertion and deletion.
What is the Balanced Binary Search Trees?
Without logarithms, this process would become quite time consuming due to long and cumbersome calculations.
What is the Classification of the pH of compunds?
Every single number increase of the earthquake magnitude scale signifies an increase of magnitude by this number.
What is 10?
A greek word meaning "reason".
What is "Logos"
This is an example of one of many types of calculations that were simplified by the invention of Logarithms.
What is Multiplication used in Astronomy?
Logs are used here to detrmine how many bits are needed for binary storage to compress large values and improve stability.
What is Machine Learning and Data Scaling?
Taking the logarithm base 10 reports the power to which 10 must be raised in order to be equal to what?
What is the concentration?
This is what's represented by the variables a and Ao in the formula fot the earthquake magnitude scale.
What is wave amplitude and the smallest detectable wave tremor.
A greek word with the meaning "number".
What is "Arithmos"?
The name of the book that the inventor of LOGS published his work in.
What is the Mirfici Logarithmorum Canonis Descripto or A Description of the Wonderful Table of Logarithms?
This uses log2 to determine the smallest number of bits needed to efficiently transmit and represent information.
What is the Networking and Information Theory?
The difference between the number of Hydrogen ions in most acids and bases can go up to a factor of this number.
What is a 100 trillion?
The formula given for calculations of the earthquake scale.