Napierian

[nә'piәriәn]

Definition

(a.) Alt. of Naperian

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Definition

adj. pertaining to John Napier of Merchiston (1550-1617) the inventor of logarithms.—Napier's bones or rods an invention of Napier's for performing mechanically the operations of multiplication and division by means of sets of rods.

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