Definitions for napier's bones

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Napier's bones, Napier's rods(noun)

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

Webster Dictionary

  1. Napier's bones(u)

    alt. of Napier's rods


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