Log

English Meaning

A Hebrew measure of liquids, containing 2.37 gills.

1. A usually large section of a trunk or limb of a fallen or felled tree.
2. A long thick section of trimmed, unhewn timber.
3. Nautical A device trailed from a ship to determine its speed through the water.
4. Nautical A record of a ship's speed, its progress, and any shipboard events of navigational importance.
5. Nautical The book in which this record is kept.
6. A record of a vehicle's performance, as the flight record of an aircraft.
7. A record, as of the performance of a machine or the progress of an undertaking: a computer log; a trip log.
8. To cut down, trim, and haul the timber of (a piece of land).
9. To cut (timber) into unhewn sections.
10. To enter in a record, as of a ship or an aircraft.
11. To travel (a specified distance, time, or speed): logged 30,000 air miles in April.
12. To spend or accumulate (time): had logged 25 years with the company.
13. To cut down, trim, and haul timber.
14. in To enter into a computer the information required to begin a session.
15. out To enter into a computer the command to end a session.
16. A logarithm.