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Napier's bones
noun Mathematics.
a form of multiplication table originally marked on sticks of bone or ivory that could be rearranged to carry out the operations of multiplication or division.
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Napier's bones
is always a great word to know.
So is proportion. Does it mean:
| a proportion containing terms of which an increase in one results in a decrease in another |
| a relation of four quantities such that the first divided by the second is equal to the third divided by the fourth; the equality of ratios |
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| Napier's bones | |
| —pl n | |
| a set of graduated rods formerly used for multiplication and division | |
| [C17: based on a method invented by John | |
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