| NOUN | person | Napier, John Napier | Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms |
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| Sounds | ney'piyer | |
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| Rhymes | anterior ... worrier: 48 rhymes with iyer... | |
| Meaning | Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms; introduced the use of the decimal point in writing numbers (1550-1617). | |
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| Synonym | John Napier | |
| Instance of | mathematician | A person skilled in mathematics |
| Spanish | John Napier | |
| Catalan | John Napier | |
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