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"code": "sn",
"lang": "Shona",
"sense": "The power to which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain a given number",
"word": "mhetapawa"
},
{
"code": "sn",
"lang": "Shona",
"sense": "The power to which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain a given number",
"word": "davanharu"
},
{
"code": "si",
"lang": "Sinhalese",
"roman": "laghu gaṇaka",
"sense": "The power to which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain a given number",
"word": "ලඝු ගණක"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "The power to which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain a given number",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "logaritem"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "The power to which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain a given number",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "logaritmo"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "The power to which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain a given number",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "logaritm"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "The power to which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain a given number",
"word": "logpaulit"
},
{
"code": "ta",
"lang": "Tamil",
"roman": "maṭakkai",
"sense": "The power to which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain a given number",
"word": "மடக்கை"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "lɔɔ-gaa-rí-tʉm",
"sense": "The power to which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain a given number",
"word": "ลอการิทึม"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "The power to which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain a given number",
"word": "logaritma"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "loharýfm",
"sense": "The power to which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain a given number",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "логари́фм"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "loharýtm",
"sense": "The power to which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain a given number",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "логари́тм"
},
{
"alt": "對數",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "The power to which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain a given number",
"word": "đối số"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "The power to which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain a given number",
"word": "lôga"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "The power to which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain a given number",
"word": "lôgarit"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "The power to which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain a given number",
"word": "lô-ga-rít"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "logaritm",
"sense": "The power to which a given base number must be raised in order to obtain a given number",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "לאָגאַריטם"
}
],
"word": "logarithm"
}
Download raw JSONL data for logarithm meaning in English (17.8kB)
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