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napier
biographical name(Na-pier)
Sir Charles James 1782—1853 British general
napier
biographical name(Na-pier)
John 1550—1617 Laird ofMerchiston Scottish mathematician
napier
biographical name(Na-pier)
Robert Cornelis 1810—1890 1st BaronNapier of Magdala British field marshal
napier
geographical name(Na-pier)
city on Hawke Bay in the eastern part of the North Island, New Zealand population 59,600
napier
noun(Na-pier)
a tall stout African perennial grass (Pennisetum purpureum) that resembles sugarcane and is widely grown for forage —called also elephant grass
napier
noun(Na-pier)
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

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