 | 1915 - 1436 pages
...that is for numbers wholly decimal, the characteristic is negative and its numerical value is one more than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first decimal which is not a cipher. For example, the characteristic of the logarithm of 0.036 is ( — 2),... | |
 | Jesse Randolph Bevis, John Alexander Donovan - Ballistics - 1917 - 208 pages
...is 2, of 1234.56 it is 3, etc. The characteristic of a decimal is negative and is a number one more than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure. Thus, the characteristic of 0.1 is -1, of 0.01 is -2, of 0.001 is -3, etc. The negative characteristic... | |
 | Alfred Monroe Kenyon, William Vernon Lovitt - Mathematics - 1917 - 384 pages
...RULE II. To find the characteristic of the common logarithm of a number less than 1, subtract from 9 the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure. From the number so obtained subtract 10. A very large number such as the distance in feet from... | |
 | Leonard Magruder Passano - Trigonometry - 1918 - 330 pages
...numbers less than 1. EULE II. The characteristic of a number less than 1 is found by subtrading from 9 the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant digit, and writing — 10 after the result. Thus, the characteristic of log 845 is 2 by Eule I ; the... | |
 | Alfred Monroe Kenyon, Louis Ingold - Plane trigonometry - 1919 - 306 pages
...numbers less than 1. RULE II. The characteristic of a number less than 1 is found by subtracting from 9 the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant digit, and writing — 10 after the result. Thus, the characteristic of log 845 is 2 by Rule I ; the... | |
 | John Rome Battle - Lubrication and lubricants - 1920 - 1280 pages
...characteristic of the loga.-ithm of a number less than unity is negative and is numerically one greater than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure. Thus the characteristics of the following are shown: Characteristic of log. .9426 = -1 Characteristic... | |
 | David Francis Jordan - Investments - 1920 - 480 pages
...or 8.77815 — 10. The characteristic of the logs of fractions is a minus quantity and is one more than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the fraction. Logs are determined irrespective of decimals, the number being considered as... | |
 | Edward Ira Edgerton, Wallace Edgar Bartholomew - Business mathematics - 1922 - 334 pages
...mantissa added is positive. Hence, in general, the characteristic of any number less than 1 is one more than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure, and is negative. Thus, the characteristic of the logarithm of .00468 is 3; of .7396 is I; of... | |
 | David Francis Jordan - Investments - 1922 - 456 pages
...or 8.77815 — 10. The characteristic of the logs of fractions is a minus quantity and is one more than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the fraction. Logs are determined irrespective of decimals, the number being considered as... | |
 | Robert Riegel - Business - 1924 - 586 pages
...rule: 2. The characteristic of a number less than one is negative, and it is numerically one greater than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first figure other than a cipher.1 .1 = -! .01=~2 .001 = -3 .0001 = -4 Examples Log. of 12 1.07918 Log. of... | |
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It is, indeed, evident, that the negative characteristic will always be one greater than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure. 
