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hartley

Dictionary definition · Hartley

noun

  1. English philosopher who introduced the theory of the association of ideas (1705-1757)
  2. a logarithmic unit which measures information or entropy, based on base 10 logarithms and powers of 10."The ban pre-dates Shannon's use of bit as a unit of information by at least eight years, and remains in use in the early 21st Century."

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).