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terminating decimal
noun
, Mathematics.
- a decimal numeral in which, after a finite number of decimal places, all succeeding place values are 0, as ⅛ = 0.125 ( nonterminating decimal ).
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Word History and Origins
Origin of terminating decimal1
First recorded in 1905–10
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