Gunter's line

English edit

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]

Pronunciation edit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɡʌntəz ˈlaɪn/, /ˌɡʊn-/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɡʌntɚz ˈlaɪn/, [-ɾɚz-]
Rhymes: -aɪn
Hyphenation: Gun‧ter's line

Noun edit

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 edit

Translations edit

logarithmic line on a Gunter’s scale

Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: hêla Gunterî f, xeta Gunterî f

Notes edit

^ 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

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

Further reading edit

Edmund Gunter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams edit

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