mesologarithm

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noun

A logarithm of the cosine or cotangent.

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Meanings

nounmesologarithm (plural mesologarithms)

plural mesologarithms

  1. obsoletemathematicsA logarithm of the cosine or cotangent.

    […] 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.

    1939, Johannes Kepler, translated by Charles Glenn Wallis, Epitome of Copernican Astronomy

Origin

From meso- + logarithm.

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mesologarithm. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mesologarithm

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“mesologarithm.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mesologarithm. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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