Definitions
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- adjective Having one logarithmic and one arithmetic scale.
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- adjective mathematics Having one
logarithmic scale and onearithmetic /linear scale
Etymologies
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Examples
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The semilogarithmic representation of declines during economic downturns in Fig. 3 puts into perspective the relative total amounts of materials supplied during the 20th century.
Materials and economic growth USGS 2009
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Coal production in the United States plotted on semilogarithmic scale.
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Crude-oil production in the United States plotted on semilogarithmic scale.
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A more informative representation of the rate of growth of the production can be obtained by plotting the logarithm of the production rate versus time on semilogarithmic graph paper.
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The results are expressed in a semilogarithmic plot. doi: 10.1371/journal. pone.0008029.g002
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Anna Fàbrega et al. 2009
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