Gunter's line

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WOTD – 9 April 2021

Etymology[edit]

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]

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Gunter's line (plural Gunter's lines)

  1. (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

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  1. ^ 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[edit]

  1. ^ “Gunter’s line” under “Gunter, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, June 2019.

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