Antilogarithm
the number of which a given number is the ; antilog.
noun
a number whose logarithm to a given base is a given number: 100 is the antilogarithm of 2 to base 10 often shortened to antilog
antilogarithm
(ān’tē-lô’gə-rĭ’əm, ān’tī)
the number whose logarithm is a given number. for example, the logarithm of 1,000 (103) is 3, so the antilogarithm of 3 is 1,000. in algebraic notation, if log x = y, then antilog y = x.
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