"Gunter's line" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɡʌntəz ˈlaɪn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɡʊn-/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɡʌntɚz ˈlaɪn/ [General-American], [-ɾɚz-] [General-American] Forms: Gunter's lines [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪn Etymology: From Gunter + -'s + line, from the surname of the English clergyman, geometer, and mathematician Edmund Gunter (1581–1628), the inventor of the Gunter’s scale. Etymology templates: {{nb...|Containing the Definitions of the Terms, and Accounts of the Things Signify’d thereby, in the Several Arts, both Liberal and Mechanical, and the Several Sciences, Human and Divine: 􂀿...􂁀 In Two Volumes.}} […], {{ref|From <span class="cited-source">E[phraim] Chambers (<span class="None" lang="und">1728) <cite>Cyclopædia: Or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; […]</cite>, volume II, London: <span style="font-style: normal;">[</span>…<span style="font-style: normal;">]</span> James and John Knapton [et al.], <small>→OCLC</small>, plate between pages 252 and 253</span></span>.|group=n|name=n1}}, {{affix|en|Gunter|-'s|line}} Gunter + -'s + line Head templates: {{en-noun}} Gunter's line (plural Gunter's lines)
  1. (mathematics) A logarithmic line on a Gunter's scale, which is used to perform the multiplication and division of numbers mechanically with only dividers. Wikipedia link: Edmund Gunter Categories (topical): Mathematics Synonyms: Gunter's proportion, line of lines, line of numbers Related terms: Gunter's chain, Gunter's proportion, Gunter's quadrant, Gunter's rule, Gunter's scale Translations (logarithmic line on a Gunter’s scale): hêla Gunterî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish), xeta Gunterî [feminine] (Northern Kurdish)

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