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napier's bones

Napier's bones
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Definitions of napier's bones words

  • noun 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. 1
  • noun plural napier's bones a set of graduated rods formerly used for multiplication and division 0
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Origin of napier's bones

First appearance:

before 1650
One of the 45% oldest English words
First recorded in 1650-60; after their developer, J. Napier

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napier's bones popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 3% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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