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A logarithm of the cosine or cotangent. Kepler. Hutton.

HUTTONING
Forcible manipulation of a dislocated, stiff, or painful joint.
COTANGENT
The tangent of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
LOGARITHMETIC; LOGARITHMETICAL
See LOGARITHMIC
LOGARITHM
One of a class of auxiliary numbers, devised by John Napier, of Merchiston, Scotland , to abridge arithmetical calculations, by the use of addition and subtraction in place of multiplication and division. Note: The relation of logarithms to common
LOGARITHMETICALLY
Logarithmically.
COSINE
The sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.
LOGARITHMIC; LOGARITHMICAL
Of or pertaining to logarithms; consisting of logarithms. Logarithmic curve , a curve which, referred to a system of rectangular coördinate axes, is such that the ordinate of any point will be the logarithm of its abscissa. -- Logarithmic spiral,
HUTTONIAN
Relating to what is now called the Plutonic theory of the earth, first advanced by Dr. James Hutton. Lyell.
LOGARITHMICALLY
By the use of logarithms.
MESOLOGARITHM
A logarithm of the cosine or cotangent. Kepler. Hutton.
ANTILOGARITHM
The number corresponding to a logarithm. The word has been sometimes, though rarely, used to denote the complement of a given logarithm; also the logarithmic cosine corresponding to a given logarithmic sine. -- An`ti*log`a*rith"mic, a.
GLYCOSINE
An organic base, C6H6N4, produced artificially as a white, crystalline powder, by the action of ammonia on glyoxal.