log
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9.7
- noun
- /lɔg/
- Archaic
:
corredera
- During the voyage, the crew checked the log to see how fast they were traveling.
Examples
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It's the ships log.
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'Ship's log.'
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Peters sits before the computer workstation, running the ship's log, forwarding through hours of boring footage.
Fiction book (1997) -
The sailor used a log to calculate the ship's speed during the journey.
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The captain recorded the weather conditions in the ship's log every hour.
Synonyms
A knotted rope on a reel attached to a wooden block used to measure a ship's speed
A device towed behind a ship that measures how fast it moves through the water
A cigar-shaped tool with spinning fins that measures a ship's speed through the water
A long round object with rotating fins that measures how fast a ship moves in water
Compounds
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4.6
A video of a burning fireplace that people show on TV or online to make a room feel cozy
- Archaic
A knotted rope on a reel attached to a wooden block used to measure a ship's speed
- Archaic
A cigar-shaped tool with spinning fins that measures a ship's speed through the water
- Specialized
A large log with good wood that is cut into boards for furniture or building
- Archaic
A long round object with rotating fins that measures how fast a ship moves in water
- Archaic
A device towed behind a ship that measures how fast it moves through the water
- Archaic
An old logging machine that lifts one end of a log with hanging tongs between its wheels
- Archaic
A historical logging machine that lifts one end of a log with hanging tongs between wheels to move it
Surface Forms
Etymology
Log as the sailing device was originally a piece of wood tied to a knotted line and thrown from a ship to 'measure' how far it went, which is why that measuring tool is called a log.