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repeating decimal
noun
Mathematics.
- a decimal numeral that, after a certain point, consists of a group of one or more digits repeated ad infinitum, as 2.33333 …. or 23.0218181818 ….
repeating decimal
noun
- another name for recurring decimal
repeating decimal
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- A decimal in which a pattern of one or more digits is repeated indefinitely, such as 0.353535 …
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Origin of repeating decimal1
First recorded in 1765–75
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In case the repeating decimal expressing the exact quotient is required, the following method will be found convenient: Rule for division.
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It is like a repeating decimal, over and over again, each figure drawing the next after it.
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A repeating decimal in the answer might kill him.
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True, America is free; but in order to establish tradition some one must be a repetend—a repeating decimal.
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