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Na·pi·er's bones
/ˈnepiɚz/
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Na·pi·er's bones
Na·pi·er's rods
.
A
set
of
rods
,
made
of
bone
or
other
material
,
each
divided
into
nine
spaces
,
and
containing
the
numbers
of
a
column
of
the
multiplication
table
; --
a
contrivance
of
Baron
Napier
,
the
inventor
of
logarithms
,
for
facilitating
the
operations
of
multiplication
and
division
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
Napier's
bones
n
:
a
set
of
graduated
rods
formerly
used
to
do
multiplication
and
division
by
a
method
invented
by
John
Napier
[
syn
: {
Napier's
rods
]
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