- Semilog graph
In
science andengineering , a semi-log graph or semi-log plot is a way of visualizing data that are changing with an exponential relationship. One axis is plotted on alogarithmic scale . All functions of the form y=lambda a^{gamma x} form straight lines, since taking logs of both sides is equal to:log_a y = gamma x + log_a lambda
This can easily be seen as a line in slope-intercept form with gamma as slope, log_a lambda as the y-intercept. To facilitate use with logarithmic tables, one usually takes logs to base 10 or e:
:log (y) = (gamma log (a)) x + log (lambda)
The term log-lin is used to describe a semi-log plot with a logarithmic scale on the y axis, and a
linear scale on the x axis. Likewise, a lin-log graph uses a logarithmic scale on the x axis, and alinear scale on the y axis.A
log-log graph uses the logarithmic scale for both axes, and hence is not a semi-log graph.ee also
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log-log graph
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