| | slovo | definícia |  | Log reel (gcide)
 | Log \Log\, n. [Icel. l[=a]g a felled tree, log; akin to E. lie. See Lie to lie prostrate.]
 1. A bulky piece of wood which has not been shaped by hewing
 or sawing.
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 2. [Prob. the same word as in sense 1; cf. LG. log, lock,
 Dan. log, Sw. logg.] (Naut.) An apparatus for measuring
 the rate of a ship's motion through the water.
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 Note: The common log consists of the log-chip, or logship,
 often exclusively called the log, and the log line, the
 former being commonly a thin wooden quadrant of five or
 six inches radius, loaded with lead on the arc to make
 it float with the point up. It is attached to the log
 line by cords from each corner. This line is divided
 into equal spaces, called knots, each bearing the same
 proportion to a mile that half a minute does to an
 hour. The line is wound on a reel which is so held as
 to let it run off freely. When the log is thrown, the
 log-chip is kept by the water from being drawn forward,
 and the speed of the ship is shown by the number of
 knots run out in half a minute. There are improved
 logs, consisting of a piece of mechanism which, being
 towed astern, shows the distance actually gone through
 by the ship, by means of the revolutions of a fly,
 which are registered on a dial plate.
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 3. Hence: The record of the rate of speed of a ship or
 airplane, and of the course of its progress for the
 duration of a voyage; also, the full nautical record of a
 ship's cruise or voyage; a log slate; a log book.
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 4. Hence, generally: A record and tabulated statement of the
 person(s) operating, operations performed, resources
 consumed, and the work done by any machine, device, or
 system.
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 5. (Mining) A weight or block near the free end of a hoisting
 rope to prevent it from being drawn through the sheave.
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 6. (computers) A record of activities performed within a
 program, or changes in a database or file on a computer,
 and typically kept as a file in the computer.
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 Log board (Naut.), a board consisting of two parts shutting
 together like a book, with columns in which are entered
 the direction of the wind, course of the ship, etc.,
 during each hour of the day and night. These entries are
 transferred to the log book. A folding slate is now used
 instead.
 
 Log book, or Logbook (Naut.),
 (a) a book in which is entered the daily progress of a
 ship at sea, as indicated by the log, with notes on
 the weather and incidents of the voyage; the contents
 of the log board.
 (b) a book in which a log[4] is recorded.
 
 Log cabin, Log house, a cabin or house made of logs.
 
 Log canoe, a canoe made by shaping and hollowing out a
 single log; a dugout canoe.
 
 Log glass (Naut.), a small sandglass used to time the
 running out of the log line.
 
 Log line (Naut.), a line or cord about a hundred and fifty
 fathoms long, fastened to the log-chip. See Note under 2d
 Log, n., 2.
 
 Log perch (Zool.), an ethiostomoid fish, or darter
 (Percina caprodes); -- called also hogfish and
 rockfish.
 
 Log reel (Naut.), the reel on which the log line is wound.
 
 
 Log slate. (Naut.) See Log board (above).
 
 Rough log (Naut.), a first draught of a record of the
 cruise or voyage.
 
 Smooth log (Naut.), a clean copy of the rough log. In the
 case of naval vessels this copy is forwarded to the proper
 officer of the government.
 
 To heave the log (Naut.), to cast the log-chip into the
 water; also, the whole process of ascertaining a vessel's
 speed by the log.
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