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napier

na·pi·er
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ney-pee-er]
    • /ˈneɪ pi ər/
    • /ˈneɪpɪər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ney-pee-er]
    • /ˈneɪ pi ər/

Definitions of napier word

  • noun napier Sir Charles James, 1782–1853, British general. 1
  • noun napier Also, Neper. John, 1550–1617, Scottish mathematician: inventor of logarithms. 1
  • noun napier Robert Cornelis [kawr-nee-lis] /kɔrˈni lɪs/ (Show IPA), (1st Baron Napier of Magdala) 1810–90, English field marshal. 1
  • noun napier former name of Napier-Hastings. 1
  • noun Technical meaning of napier Atkinson & Morrison, St Andrews U; design began ca. 1985, first implementation Napier88, 1988. Based on orthogonal persistence, permits definition and manipulation of namespaces. 1
  • noun napier a port in New Zealand, on E North Island on Hawke Bay: wool trade centre. Pop: 56 100 (2004 est) 0
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napier popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Related words

  • napier grass

    a tall, leafy grass, Pennisetum purpureum, native to Africa, grown as a forage plant.

  • napierian

    of, relating to, or formulated by John Napier.

  • neper

    John, Napier, John.

  • elephant grass

    any of various stout tropical grasses or grasslike plants, esp Pennisetum purpureum, and Typha elephantina, a type of reed mace

  • napier's bones

    a form of multiplication table originally marked on sticks of bone or ivory that could be rearranged to carry out the operations of multiplication or division.

  • napier-hastings

    a seaport on E North Island, in New Zealand.
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