NAPIER

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms; introduced the use of the decimal point in writing numbers (1550-1617)

Synonyms:

John Napier; Napier

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Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

mathematician (a person skilled in mathematics)

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