Friday, 2 November 2012

الجيوفيزياء Geophysics


Etymology of Arabic words: the word الجيوفيزياء
(jioufijia) means Geophysics (Wikipedia: Geophysics is the physics of the Earth and its environment in space; also the study of the Earth using quantitative physical methods) and derives from the greek language. The greek word Γεωφυσικη contains the word γαια= earth and the word φυσικη=physics. In Turkish is jeofizik.












جيولوجيا Geology


Etymology of Arabic words: the word جيولوجيا
(jioulouzia) means Geology and derives from the greek language.
Wikipedia: Geology (from the Greek γῆ, gê, "earth" and λόγος, logos, "study") is the science comprising the study of solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change.
In Turkish is jeoloji.





لوغاريتم Logarithm

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Etymology of Arabic words: the word لوغاريتم
(lougharithm) means Logarithm ( The logarithm of a number is the exponent by which another fixed value, the base, has to be raised to produce that number ) and derives from the greek language.
Wictionary:From New Latin logarithmus, term coined by Scot mathematician John Napier from Ancient Greek λόγος (logos, “word, reason”) and ἀριθμός (arithmos, “number”).
In Turkish is Logaritma.