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It could provide power to record, and harm one tenor by mistake (9)

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logarithm

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'it could provide power' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'record and harm one tenor by mistake' is the wordplay.
'record' becomes 'log' (log is a kind of record).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'tenor' becomes 't'.
'by mistake' indicates anagramming the letters.
'harm'+'i'+'t'='harmit'
'harmit' is an anagram of 'arithm'.
'log'+'arithm'='LOGARITHM'

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for logarithm that I've seen before include "Mathematical aid simplifying multiplication and division - a girl moth (anag)" , "It undoes power" , "Aid to mathematical calculation" , "Power to which base number must be raised to obtain a given number" , "Exponent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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