log

bûche, rondin

Gros morceau de bois coupé dans un arbre, souvent rond, utilisé pour le feu ou la construction.

En anglais simple : A thick, usually round piece of wood cut from a tree, often used for fires or building.

• Put another log on the fire.
• He chopped the logs into smaller pieces.
• We stacked dry logs beside the house.

Expressions courantes : wooden log, burn a log, pile of logs, cut a log

journal, registre

Trace écrite ou informatique d’événements, généralement accompagnés de leurs dates et heures.

En anglais simple : A written or computer record of events, usually with their dates and times.

• The captain checked the ship’s log.
• We keep a daily log of our expenses.
• The computer logs show when the error occurred.

Comment l'utiliser : log of something (Keep a log of every visitor to the building.)

Synonymes : record, register

Expressions courantes : keep a log, computer log, log of something

tronc

Partie principale d’un arbre mort dont les branches ont été retirées.

En anglais simple : The main part of a dead tree with its branches removed.

• We sat on a fallen log.
• A large log lay across the stream.
• Insects lived inside the hollow logs.

Synonymes : trunk

Expressions courantes : fallen log, hollow log, log across something

logarithme

Nombre indiquant à quelle puissance élever une base pour obtenir un autre nombre.

En anglais simple : A number showing what power a base number must be raised to in order to produce another number.

• Find the log of this number.
• We used natural logs to solve the equation.
• The log of 1000 to base ten is three.

Comment l'utiliser : log of a number (The log of 100 to base ten is two.)

Synonymes : logarithm

Expressions courantes : natural log, log of ten, take the log

enregistrer, consigner

Écrire ou conserver des informations sur quelque chose pour pouvoir les vérifier plus tard.

En anglais simple : To write down or save information about something so it can be checked later.

• Please log every phone call.
• She logged the time of each delivery.
• The system automatically logs all errors.

Synonymes : record, register

Expressions courantes : log the details, log working hours, log an incident

abattre

Couper des arbres pour leur bois ou découper leurs troncs en gros morceaux.

En anglais simple : To cut down trees for wood, or cut their trunks into large pieces.

• They plan to log this forest.
• The hillside was logged last winter.
• Companies have logged large areas near the river.

Synonymes : fell

Expressions courantes : log a forest, log an area, log the trees

se déconnecter

Arrêter de jouer à un jeu en ligne en s’en déconnectant.

En anglais simple : To stop playing an online game by disconnecting from it.

• I need to log now.
• Our last opponent logged before the match ended.
• Half the team had logged by midnight.

Synonymes : log out, disconnect

Expressions courantes : log after something, log before something