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Napier's constant

Napier's constant proper noun: euler's number.

Proper noun

Napier's constant

  1. Euler's number

Origin of Napier's constant

Named after Scottish landowner, mathematician, physicist, and astronomer John Napier (1550–1617), who did, however, not discover it, although natural logarithms (discovered by him) have this number as their base.

Questions about Napier's constant

What does Napier's constant mean?
Napier's constant means euler's number.
What part of speech is Napier's constant?
Napier's constant is a proper noun.

Words near Napier's constant in the dictionary

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  4. Napier grasses
  5. Napier's bones
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