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log
log. 1. The shortened name for a log book. 2. The name given to any device for measuring the speed of a vessel through the water or the distance it has sailed in a given time. All the early types of devices for doing this were based on the same principle.Common Log. This was first described in... Read more |
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Logarithms
Logarithms The logarithm of a positive real number xto the base- ais the number ythat satisfies the equation ay= x.In symbols, the logarithm of xto the base- ais log ax,and, if ay= x,then y= log ... Read more |
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rock crawler
Grylloblattodea (rock crawlers; class Insecta, subclass Pterygota) Small order of exopterygote insects, which are secondarily wingless. They are slender, about 2–3 cm long; and have long, filiform antennae and cerci, and a sword-shaped ovipositor. They live in rock crevices, ice caves, and in... Read more |
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Log Cabin
LOG CABIN LOG CABIN. Origins of the log cabin remain obscure. Historians asserted that Swedes on the lower Delaware introduced such construction in 1638. Others cited a log blockhouse, McIntyre Garrison (York, Maine), built between 1640 and 1645, as evidence that New England colonists had learned... Read more |
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lumber
lumber term for timber that has been cut into boards for use as a building material. The major steps in producing lumber involve logging (the felling and preparation of timber for shipment to sawmills), sawing the logs into boards, grading the boards according to defects and intended use, drying,... Read more |
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logarithm
logarithm [Gr.,=relation number], number associated with a positive number, being the power to which a third number, called the base, must be raised in order to obtain the given positive number. For example, the logarithm of 100 to the base 10 is 2, written log 10 100=2, since 10 2 =100.... Read more |
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birling
birling , sport in which two competitors try to maintain balance on a floating log, each seeking to rotate the log and spill the other into the water. With origins in the spring log drives in New England, it became popular with American lumberjacks after the middle of the 19th cent. The first public... Read more |
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Norwalk
Norwalk . 1 City (1990 pop. 94,279), Los Angeles co., S Calif.; settled in the 1850s, inc. 1957. With the arrival (1875) of the Southern Pacific RR, it became a center for the dairy and logging industries, but Norwalk's main growth occurred with the rapid industrialization that followed World War... Read more |
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Sports Log
...for at least $2 million. Naismith...Ohio State and Pittsburgh. Villanova...North Carolina, Florida, and Syracuse...season with 12.3 points per game...Borel won by 2 1/2 lengths to give...Schiavone, 3-6, ... |
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SPORTS LOG
...as the Division 2 player of the...Press. While Florida, North Carolina, Kansas, and Pittsburgh held the top four...the Buckeyes (3-0) jumped from...BCA Classic. Florida was again a runaway...suffering an 8-2 home loss to ... |
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Sorts Log
...Navarro, 6-2, 4-6, 6-3 to win the Andalucia...the Futures tour event by posting rounds...final hole for a 2-under-par...Holmes from the Pittsburgh Steelers for a...career catches for 3,835 yards and...lawsuit from a ... |
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CHECK OUT UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA'S 2009 BASEBALL PROMOTIONS AT RED...
...University of South Florida issued the following...University of South Florida baseball program...information about each event, contact Ayo...April 4 vs. Pittsburgh at 7 p.m. Saturday...Saturday, May 2 vs. Cincinnati...weekend series, ... |
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Dawn Wells of Gilligan's Island and StarKist's Charlie the Tuna Serve up...
...with Consumers PITTSBURGH, Oct. 30...On November 2, Dawn Wells...available at the event and guessing...Market on November 2, the SS Charlie...30 a.m. Florida Mall 12:00 -- 2:00 p.m. Church Street Market 3:00 ... |
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Stars align for Giants in win over Marlins
...sealing a 4-3 victory at Dolphin...run -- two events that intersected...early trouble to log seven strong...night in South Florida, this time...Bonds in the Florida heat today or...They are 4-3 on the trip...doubleheader at ... |
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San Antonio Spurs Named ''Best Franchise'' by ESPN The Magazine's Ultimate...
...category to No. 3 since the rankings...State of the Fan, log on to www.espn...year's rank: 2) 2. Detroit Pistons...s rank: 1) 3. Pittsburgh Steelers (last...from 50 to 80 -- Florida Marlins, from...to a ... |
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Top of the 2nd
...the September event. Tickets for...THE-HERD, log on to www.herdzone...career- best six 3-pointers...Meg Withrow's 3-pointer put...70-65 with 3:38 remaining...BEACH, Fla. - Florida Marlins pitcher...Cougars ... |
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AWOL MONDESI GIVEN HIS RELEASE BY THE PIRATES
...in the Sports log in some editions...BASEBALL The Pittsburgh Pirates finally...t play for Pittsburgh again this season...night's 4-2 victory over...who went 0 for 3 with two walks...committee met for 2 1/2 ... |
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Topofthe2nd
...Athlon: South Florida at No. 20 and...sets two area events The Marshall...tour stop. The event is open to the...4343, or log no to muqbcc...better ball 2-under-par...Rush finished 3-1 and won...over KFS of ... |