LOG-BOOK

  

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LOG-BOOK

Date "LOG-BOOK" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references)


Specialty Definition: LOG-BOOK

DomainDefinition

Literature

Log-book The journal in which the "logs" are entered by the chief mate. Besides the logs, this book contains all general transactions pertaining to the ship and its crew, such as the strength and course of the winds, the conduct and misconduct of the men, and, in short, everything worthy of note. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Post & Telecom

Instrument for recording the distance, relative to the air, travelled by an aircraft along the flight path. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Crosswords: LOG-BOOK

Specialty definitions using "LOG-BOOK": Log-board. (references)

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Commercial Usage: LOG-BOOK

DomainTitle

Books

  • The life and letters of Admiral Dewey, from Montpelier to Manila, containing reproductions in fac-simile of hitherto unpublished letters of George Dewey during the Admiral's naval career and extracts from his log-book (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: LOG-BOOK

"LOG-BOOK" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "LOG-BOOK" is used about 6 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%6143,867

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: LOG-BOOK

Language Translations for "LOG-BOOK"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Czech

  

lodní deník (logbook). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

boordlogboek (air log, flight log, log book, logbook). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

laivapäiväkirja. (various references)

   

French

  

journal de bord (air log, flight log, log, log book, logbook, ship's log). (various references)

   

German

  

Luftlog (air log, flight log, log book, logbook), Tagebuch (daybook, diary, journal), Bordbuch (journal, logbook). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ημερολόγια αεροσκάφους (air log, flight log, log book, logbook). (various references)

   

Italian

  

giornale di bordo (logbook). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

og-booklay

   

Portuguese

  

registo de voo (air log, flight log, log book, logbook), medidor de intervalos (air log, flight log, log book, logbook), marcador de rotas (air log, flight log, log book, logbook). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

журнал (biweekly, daybook, journal, log, magazine, register). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

brodski dnevnik (log, logbook), školski izveštaj (logbook). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

libro de a bordo (air log, flight log, log book, logbook). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

loggbok (journal, log), journal (daily paper, diary, journal, magazine, newspaper), dagbok (daybook, diary, journal). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: LOG-BOOK

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: logbook.

Words within the letters "b-g-k-l-o-o-o"

-3 letters: bolo, book, glob, gobo, gook, kobo, kolo, lobo, logo, look, obol.

-4 letters: bog, boo, gob, goo, kob, lob, log, loo.

-5 letters: bo, go, lo.

 Words containing the letters "b-g-k-l-o-o-o"
 

+1 letter: logbooks.

 

+5 letters: gobbledegook, gobbledygook.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Usage Frequency
5. Translations: Modern
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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