natural logarithm

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Etymology

From New Latin logarithmus nātūrālis, coined in 1668 by Nicholas Mercator in his book Logarithmo-technica.

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Noun

natural logarithm (plural natural logarithms)

(mathematics) The logarithm in base $e$ : either the function that given $x$ returns $y$ such that $e$ ^$y$ = $x$ , or the value of $y$ given by the function.
The natural logarithm can be used to integrate $1 ⁄ x$ .

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Translations

logarithm in base e

Afrikaans: natuurlike logaritme
Arabic: لوغاريتم طبيعي
Armenian: բնական լոգարիթմ (bnakan logaritʻm)
Azerbaijani: natural loqarifm
Belarusian: натуральны лагарыфм m (naturalʹny laharyfm)
Bulgarian: естествен логаритъм m (estestven logaritǎm)
Catalan: logaritme natural
Chinese:
Mandarin: 自然對數 / 自然对数 (zh) (zìrán duìshù)
Czech: přirozený logaritmus (cs) m
Danish: naturlig logaritme
Dutch: natuurlijke logaritme
Estonian: naturaallogaritm
Finnish: luonnollinen logaritmi
French: logarithme naturel (fr), logarithme népérien (fr)
Galician: logaritmo natural m
Georgian: ნატურალური ლოგარითმი (naṭuraluri logaritmi)
German: natürlicher Logarithmus m
Greek: φυσικός λογάριθμος (el) m (fysikós logárithmos)
Hebrew: לוגריתם טבעי
Hindi: प्राकृतिक लघुगणक (prākŕtik laghugṇak)
Hungarian: természetes alapú logaritmus (hu)
Icelandic: náttúrlegur logri m
Italian: logaritmo naturale m
Japanese: 自然対数 (ja) (しぜんたいすう, shizen-taisū)
Korean: 자연로그 (jayeollogeu)
Latvian: naturālais logaritms
Lithuanian: natūrinis logaritmas
Macedonian: природен логари́там m (priroden logarítam)
Norwegian: naturlig logaritme
Persian: لگاریتم طبیعی
Polish: logarytm naturalny (pl) m
Portuguese: logaritmo natural m
Romanian: logaritm natural m
Russian: натура́льный логари́фм m (naturálʹnyj logarífm)
Serbo-Croatian: prirodni logaritam m
Slovene: naravni logaritem m
Spanish: logaritmo natural m
Swedish: naturliga logaritmen c
Tagalog: likas na logpaulit
Tamil: இயல் மடக்கை (iyal maṭakkai)
Thai: ลอการิทึมธรรมชาติ
Ukrainian: натуральний логарифм m (naturalʹnyj loharyfm)
Urdu: قدرتی لاگرتھم