NAPIER'S BONES


Meaning of NAPIER'S BONES in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈnā-pē-ərz- ]

noun

Date: circa 1658

: a set of graduated rods (as of wood or bone) invented by John Napier and used for multiplication and division based on the principles of logarithms

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.