logging

[law-ging, log-ing] /ˈlɔ gɪŋ, ˈlɒg ɪŋ/
noun
1.
the process, work, or business of cutting down trees and transporting the logs to sawmills.
2.
Nautical. a deduction from the pay of a sailor, made as a fine or forfeit and recorded in the logbook of the ship.
Origin
1700-10, Americanism; log1 + -ing1

log1

[lawg, log] /lɔg, lɒg/
noun
1.
a portion or length of the trunk or of a large limb of a felled tree.
2.
something inert, heavy, or not sentient.
3.
Nautical. any of various devices for determining the speed of a ship, as a chip log or patent log.
4.
any of various records, made in rough or finished form, concerning a trip made by a ship or aircraft and dealing with particulars of navigation, weather, engine performance, discipline, and other pertinent details; logbook.
5.
Movies. an account describing or denoting each shot as it is taken, written down during production and referred to in editing the film.
6.
a register of the operation of a machine.
7.
Also called well log. a record kept during the drilling of a well, especially of the geological formations penetrated.
8.
Computers. any of various chronological records made concerning the use of a computer system, the changes made to data, etc.
9.
Radio and Television. a written account of everything transmitted by a station or network.
10.
Also called log of wood. Australian Slang. a lazy, dull-witted person; fool.
verb (used with object), logged, logging.
11.
to cut (trees) into logs:
to log pine trees for fuel.
12.
to cut down the trees or timber on (land):
We logged the entire area in a week.
13.
to enter in a log; compile; amass; keep a record of:
to log a day's events.
14.
to make (a certain speed), as a ship or airplane:
We are logging 18 knots.
15.
to travel for (a certain distance or a certain amount of time), according to the record of a log:
We logged 30 miles the first day. He has logged 10,000 hours flying time.
verb (used without object), logged, logging.
16.
to cut down trees and get out logs from the forest for timber:
to log for a living.
Verb phrases
17.
log in,
  1. Also, log on, sign on. Computers. to enter identifying data, as a username or password, into a database, mobile device, or computer, especially a multiuser computer or a remote or networked system, so as to to access and use it:
    Log in to start your work session. Log in to your account to pay your bill online.
  2. to enter or include any item of information or data in a record, account, etc.
18.
log off/out, Computers. to terminate a session.
Origin
1350-1400; Middle English logge, variant of lugge pole, limb of tree; compare obsolete logget pole; see lugsail, logbook
Related forms
loggish, adjective
unlogged, adjective
Examples from the web for logging
  • These products reduce the impact of logging by blending plastic with wood fiber.
  • Groups of editors at a dictionary watch specific subject areas, logging the hits a new word gets.
  • For centuries, logging and farming had pushed pandas to steeper and higher terrain.
  • On top of that, much of the birds' forest habitat was lost to logging and development.
  • After activating the account and logging in, upload the map you wish to warp.
  • Natural reforestation is likely to continue as biotechnology makes areas used for logging more productive.
  • But even in the absence of logging, the slow-growing ebony forests failed to thrive.
  • Casing is tested by regulation with a process called bond logging to insure the integrity of the casing and cement.
  • The traditional way would be to lease the land to a logging company.
  • Note: logging out will delete all stored issues on your device.
British Dictionary definitions for logging

logging

/ˈlɒɡɪŋ/
noun
1.
the work of felling, trimming, and transporting timber

log1

/lɒɡ/
noun
1.
  1. a section of the trunk or a main branch of a tree, when stripped of branches
  2. (modifier) constructed out of logs: a log cabin
2.
  1. a detailed record of a voyage of a ship or aircraft
  2. a record of the hours flown by pilots and aircrews
  3. a book in which these records are made; logbook
3.
a written record of information about transmissions kept by radio stations, amateur radio operators, etc
4.
  1. a device consisting of a float with an attached line, formerly used to measure the speed of a ship See also chip log
  2. heave the log, to determine a ship's speed with such a device
5.
(Austral) a claim for better pay and conditions presented by a trade union to an employer
6.
like a log, without stirring or being disturbed (in the phrase sleep like a log)
verb logs, logging, logged
7.
(transitive) to fell the trees of (a forest, area, etc) for timber
8.
(transitive) to saw logs from (trees)
9.
(intransitive) to work at the felling of timber
10.
(transitive) to enter (a distance, event, etc) in a logbook or log
11.
(transitive) to record the punishment received by (a sailor) in a logbook
12.
(transitive) to travel (a specified distance or time) or move at (a specified speed)
Word Origin
C14: origin obscure

log2

/lɒɡ/
noun
1.
short for logarithm
Word Origin and History for logging
n.

"act of felling timber," 1706, verbal noun from log (v.1).

"act of recording in a log," 1941, verbal noun from log (v.2).

log

n.

unshaped large piece of tree, early 14c., of unknown origin. Old Norse had lag "felled tree" (from stem of liggja "to lie"), but on phonological grounds many etymologists deny that this is the root of English log. Instead, they suggest an independent formation meant to "express the notion of something massive by a word of appropriate sound." OED compares clog (n.) in its original Middle English sense "lump of wood." Log cabin (1770) in American English has been a figure of the honest pioneer since the 1840 presidential campaign of William Henry Harrison. Falling off a log as a type of something easy to do is from 1839.

"record of observations, readings, etc.," 1842, sailor's shortening of log-book "daily record of a ship's speed, progress, etc." (1670s), from log (n.1) which is so called because a wooden float at the end of a line was cast out to measure a ship's speed. General sense by 1913.

v.

"to fell a tree," 1717; earlier "to strip a tree" (1690s), from log (n.1). Related: Logged; logging.

"to enter into a log-book," 1823, from log (n.2). Meaning "to attain (a speed) as noted in a log" is recorded by 1883. Related: Logged; logging.

logging in Science
log
  (lôg)   
A logarithm.
Slang definitions & phrases for logging

log

Related Terms

beat one's meat, easy as pie


logging in the Bible

the smallest measure for liquids used by the Hebrews (Lev. 14:10, 12, 15, 21, 24), called in the Vulgate sextarius. It is the Hebrew unit of measure of capacity, and is equal to the contents of six ordinary hen's eggs=the twelfth part of a him, or nearly a pint.

Idioms and Phrases with logging

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In addition to the idiom beginning with
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Encyclopedia Article for logging

process of harvesting trees, sawing them into appropriate lengths (bucking), and transporting them (skidding) to a sawmill. The different phases of this process vary with local conditions and technology.

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