But let me go back to these sines, cosines and logarithms.

但让我们再说说正弦、余弦和对函。

Secretary Sebelius faced hours of questions during that Congressional hearing yesterday.

部长西贝利厄斯昨天的国会听证会上面对小时的质疑。

This is why water can act as both an acid and a base.

对运算的底，或是说log下面的那个字，把它作为指运算的底。

In all seriousness, though, I'm pretty sure the index is meant to be logarithmic like earthquake magnitudes.

不过讲真，我很确定这个指是要像地震震级一样呈对出现。

Weber’s Law says that we perceive differences on a logarithmic, not a linear scale.

的名字给它名。韦伯定律，我们对尺度上感知物体不同点，而不是尺度上。

They're what we use most in chemistry, and they're really easy to understand, and also what we base scientific notation on.

是的，没错，对一眼看过去是有点吓人，但我们要用的这个对却超级简单。

Polynomials could also be used to approximate logarithmic and trigonometric functions, which are a real hassle to calculate by hand.

多项式也可以用于近似对和三角函这些函手算相当麻烦。

Each successive measurement increases logarithmically, meaning that each magnitude is 10 times more powerful than the one before it.

每一次连续的测量都呈对增加，这意味着每一次测量的强度都是前一次测量的10倍。

And not just any logarithms, but those known as " natural" ones.

不仅是任何对， 还有那些被称为“自然” 的对。

And the entropy is the log rhythm of that number.

熵是该字的对节奏。

There's this fascination with counting cards.

人们对牌着迷。

So it's like a series of log curves.

所以它就像一系列对曲。

The new formula relies on the mathematical concept known as logarithms.

新公式依赖于称为对的学概念。

Log base 2 of 8000 is roughly 13.

8000 的以 2 为底的对大约是 13。

Decibels are in what we call a logarithmic scale, for the mathematicians out there.

对于那里的学家说，分贝是我们所说的对刻度。

Because if you were to plot the progress, the progress looks like a log curve.

因为如果你要绘制进度，进度看起就像一条对曲。

They discussed how to tabulate a logarithmic table in a tabloid.

他们讨论如何一个小报上制一个对表。

First, researchers encode trillions of mRNA molecules with the instructions for a specific viral protein.

首先，研究人员使用特定病毒蛋白的指令对万亿个 mRNA 分子进行编码。

First, there is a logarithmic relationship between the capabilities of AI and the resources invested.

首先，人工智能的能力与其投入的资源之间存对关系。

The consumer confidence index monitors consumer sentiment based on monthly interviews with thousands of households.

消费者信心指根据每月对千户家庭的访谈监测消费者的情绪。