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~ LOG  id+ | TO CUT TREES |
^u     id+ | A PIECE OF A TREE |
       id+ | A RECORD OF EVENTS |
       id+ | A MEASURE |
     sc> A QUARTER ROUND SLICE OF A TRUNK OF A TREE or
         WOOD or A SPIRAL WOOD INTRUMENT
     CRAFTED TO BE TOWED BY A SHIP AND TWIRL IN
     A CIRCULAR MOTION TO UNWIND A LINE WITH KNOTS
     TO REFLECT or MEASURE THE SPEED OF A MOVING SHIP
     MEASURED BY KNOTS PER HOUR or
             NUMBER OF KNOTS UNWOUND
~ LOGARITHM  gr LOGOS = WORD         see> MIND
             ARITHOMOS  NUMBER
       note sug> ANATOMY  sug> TOME  sug> ATOM
       also PROPORTION or RATION
       id+ | MEASURE OF A PROPORTION |
       hx> INVENTED IN 1614 BY LORD NAPIER [#] OF SCOTLAND
           AS A WAY TO SIMPLIFY MATHEMATICAL NOTATIONS
       NEEDED FOR COMPLEX CALCULATIONS
       sc> EXPONENT OF THE POWER NEEDED TO
           RAISE A FIXED BASE TO PRODUCE A GIVEN NUMBER or
       ANTILOGARITHM
       eg 1000 IS AN ANTILOGARITHM OF 10 TO THE POWER OF 3
       A FIXED BASE 10 RAISED 3 TIMES as in
       10 X 10 X 10 = 1000
       THE LOGARITHM OF 1000 FOR A FIXED BASE OF 10 = 3 or
              10 TO THE 3rd POWER
~ LOGIC  see> LOGOS or REASON below    sug> FRENZY
         gr  LOGIKE                    sug> BIOLOGY
         sp  LOGICA                    see> MIND
         ukr LOGIKA                    see> WORD
         gr  LEGEION = TO SPEAK        see> LEXICON
     id+ | LOGIC SEEKS TO CONVINCE | as in
     id+ | LOGOS or WORD IS THE REASON FOR SANE MINDS |
     id+ | LOGIC SEEKS LAWS |            sug> PREDICT
     ply> | SANE DIALOGUES REST ON LOGIC |
     sp   APRENDER = LEARN or GRASP       sug> COMPREHEND
     ukr  SVIT       UNIVERSE             sug> APPREHEND
          SVITLO     LIGHT                sug> DAYLIGHT
         OSVITA      ENLIGHT              sug> APOLLO
          ROZUM      MIND  WISDOM         sug> LAW
          RAZOM      TOGETHER             sug> INTEGRAL
         ZROSUMIJ    UNDERSTAND  GRASP    sug> CONTROL
     sp DESATINO     BLUNDER   BEWILDER   see> FRENZY
     lat    TINUM    RECEPTACLE           sug> GRASP
     sp     TINO     ABILITY TO GRASP     sug> SEE
           ATINO     WIT  SAGACITY        sug> FASCIST
           ATAR      TO TIE               sug> FASCINATE
     ply> | TO COMPREHEND or TO MIND may require to
            ARRANGE FACTS IN A CONVINCING or LOGICAL ORDER |
     sc> SCIENCE CONCERNED WITH RULES FOR CORRECT REASONING
         INDUCTION  DEDUCTION   NOSOLOGY is the STUDY OF DISEASE
          gr NOSOS = DISEASE
     note TAUTOLOGY  ANALOGY  EULOGY  LOGISTIC
             CATALOG  DIALOG  SYLLOGISM etc   CAN BE A SIGN OF MENTAL FEEBLENESS or
                  INTOXICATION
~ LOGOS      or THE WORD  see> VERB
~ ~LOGY      suffix to denote STUDY or KNOWLEDGE as in
             med> PATHOLOGY  EMBRYOLOGY etc
  hx> THE ANCIENT MADE A GREAT EFFORT TO LEARN "SPEAKING"
      AND "LOGOS" became akin to KNOWLEDGE and "LOGIC"
  in  gr   LOGOS  and  MYTHOS became SYNONYMS implying
  SPEECH  ARGUMENT  REASON also UTTERANCE  EXPRESSION  TALK
  ply> | LOGICAL VERBOSITY or WORDS GAIN REVERBERANCE |
         note how LOGOS with time grew to denote MEANING or
  REASON as in GOOD SENSE  MEASURED  RATIONAL        sug> RATIO
  note when GOD said FIAT LUX = LET THERE BE LIGHT   sug> DIOS
       CHAOS BECAME TRANSFORMED BY " LOGOS "         sug> DIARY
  CHAOS BECAME COMPREHENSIBLE or LOGICAL             sug> DIALOGUE
  note LOGOS became "THE ONE or DIVINE WORD"         sug> DEITY
  lit+ "IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD                sug> VERB
        AND THE WORD WAS WITH GOD                    sug> VERSION
        AND THE WORD WAS GOD ...                     sug> UNIVERSAL
  THE LIGHT SHINES IN THE DARKNESS                   sug> LUSTER
  AND THE DARKNESS HAS NOT OVERCOME IT"
  in Bible John 1-1
  hx> for Christians the WORD OF GOD WAS GIVEN BY
      JESUS CHRIST                     sug> BIBLE
  LOGOS is the SECOND MEMBER OF THE TRINITY          sug> ZEUS
  biol> NATURE implies A PREDICTABLE ORDER           sug> ZOOLOGY
        perhaps a LOGIC OF ZEUS                      sug> ZOO LOGIC

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