often attributive
1
: a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree
especially
: a length of a tree trunk ready for sawing and over six feet (1.8 meters) long
2
: an apparatus for measuring the rate of a ship's motion through the water that consists of a block fastened to a line and run out from a reel
3
a
: the record of the rate of a ship's speed or of her daily progress
also
: the full nautical record of a ship's voyage
b
: the full record of a flight by an aircraft
4
: a record of performance, events, or day-to-day activities
logged; logging
1
a
: to cut (trees) for lumber
b
: to clear (land) of trees in lumbering
—often used with off
2
: to make a note or record of : enter details of or about in a log
3
a
: to move (an indicated distance) or attain (an indicated speed) as noted in a log
b(1)
: to sail a ship or fly an airplane for (an indicated distance or period of time)
(2)
: to have (an indicated record) to one's credit : achieve
logic
variants
or logo-
: word : thought : speech : discourse
logogram
logorrhea
see -logue
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