john napier john muir • Johnnie · · · Info · Definitions · Characters · · john napier · · Text Common · · Latin · · Scripts 11 · · Length 4 · · Syllables Definitions · · · (noun) Scottish mathematician who invented logarithms; introduced the use of the decimal point in writing numbers (1550-1617). Synonyms: Napier, John Napier. · · Noun Definition 1 Characters · · space U+0020 a latin small letter a U+0061 e latin small letter e U+0065 h latin small letter h U+0068 i latin small letter i U+0069 j latin small letter j U+006A n latin small letter n U+006E o latin small letter o U+006F p latin small letter p U+0070 r latin small letter r U+0072