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LOG
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Irregular inflected forms: logged , logging
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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 water
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("log" is a kind of...):
measuring device; measuring instrument; measuring system (instrument that shows the extent or amount or quantity or degree of something)
Meronyms (parts of "log"):
log line (a knotted cord that runs out from a reel to a piece of wood that is attached to it)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "log"):
harpoon log (a cylindrical log with a device that registers distance)
patent log; screw log; taffrail log (a cigar-shaped log with rotary fins that measure the ship's speed)
Holonyms ("log" is a part of...):
ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("log" is a kind of...):
written account; written record (a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events)
Domain category:
aeroplane; airplane; plane (an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets)
ship (a vessel that carries passengers or freight)
Derivation:
log (enter into a log, as on ships and planes)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A written record of messages sent or received
Example:
an email log
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("log" is a kind of...):
written account; written record (a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The exponent required to produce a given number
Synonyms:
log; logarithm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("log" is a kind of...):
exponent; index; power (a mathematical notation indicating the number of times a quantity is multiplied by itself)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "log"):
common logarithm (a logarithm to the base 10)
Napierian logarithm; natural logarithm (a logarithm to the base e)
Sense 5
Meaning:
A segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("log" is a kind of...):
wood (the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "log"):
nurse log (a large decomposing tree trunk that has fallen, usually in a forest; the decaying wood provides moisture and nutrients for a variety of insects and plants)
saw log (log large enough to be sawed into boards)
Derivation:
log (cut lumber, as in woods and forests)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they log ... he / she / it logs
Past simple: logged
Past participle: logged
-ing form: logging
Sense 1
Meaning:
Enter into a log, as on ships and planes
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "log" is one way to...):
enter; put down; record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Also:
log up (record a distance travelled; on planes and cars)
Derivation:
log (a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Cut lumber, as in woods and forests
Synonyms:
log; lumber
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "log" is one way to...):
cut down; drop; fell; strike down (cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
log (a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches)
logger (a person who fells trees)
logging (the work of cutting down trees for timber)
Context examples:
Juno has logged nearly 146 million miles (235 million kilometers) since entering Jupiter's orbit on July 4, 2016.
(NASA Juno data indicate another possible volcano on Jupiter moon Io, NASA)
An instrument to distinguish interleaved log output from different sources.
(Nested Diagnostic Context, NCI Thesaurus)
To remain certified a physician assistant must log 100 hours of continuing medical education every two years and take the recertification exam every six years.
(Certified Physician Assistant, NCI Thesaurus)
By age 8, children were more likely to log the highest amount of screen time if they had been in home-based childcare or were born to first-time mothers.
(High amounts of screen time begin as early as infancy, National Institutes of Health)
I helped him out of it, while Holmes knocked a blaze out of the logs in the grate.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Wolf Larsen was smoking a cigar and examining the patent log which the Ghost usually towed astern, but which had been hauled in for some purpose.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
The sail swung round once more, and the cog, battered and torn and well-nigh water-logged, staggered in for this haven of refuge.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
As she sat with the paper folded between her hands, the charred log fell asunder.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
A record of data captured about device logging functions, error logs, keystroke logs and device alarm history.
(Analysis of Data Log, NCI Thesaurus)
Analysis of device log data such as error or keystroke log, or device alarm history.
(Analysis of Data Log, Food and Drug Administration)
