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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