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Noun

1. napier's bones, napier's rods

a set of graduated rods formerly used to do multiplication and division by a method invented by John Napier

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plural noun
a set of graduated rods formerly used for multiplication and division

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Napier's Bones

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pl.n. (used with a sing. verb)
A set of graduated rods used to perform multiplication quickly.

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