Gunter's line
English
WOTD – 9 April 2021
Etymology
Gunter’s lines are visible on this drawing of a Gunter’s scale (right, marked “Fig. 35”).[n 1]
From Gunter + -'s + line, from the surname of the English clergyman, geometer, and mathematician Edmund Gunter (1581–1628), the inventor of the Gunter’s scale.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɡʌntəz ˈlaɪn/, /ˌɡʊn-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɡʌntɚz ˈlaɪn/, [-ɾɚz-]
- Rhymes: -aɪn
- Hyphenation: Gun‧ter's line
Noun
Gunter's line (plural Gunter's lines)
- (mathematics) A logarithmic line on a Gunter's scale, which is used to perform the multiplication and division of numbers mechanically with only dividers.
- Synonyms: Gunter's proportion, line of lines, line of numbers
Related terms
- Gunter's chain
- Gunter's proportion
- Gunter's quadrant
- Gunter's rule
- Gunter's scale
Translations
logarithmic line on a Gunter’s scale
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Notes
- From E[phraim] Chambers (1728) Cyclopædia: Or, An Universal Dictionary of Arts and Sciences; […], volume II, London: […] James and John Knapton [et al.], →OCLC, plate between pages 252 and 253.
References
- “Gunter’s line” under “Gunter, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2019.
Further reading
Edmund Gunter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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