circulating decimal
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of circulating decimal
First recorded in 1760–70
Example Sentences
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To repeat your arguments all over again, will simply lead to his doing the same, and so you will go on like a circulating decimal.
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I wouldn't like to picture our cousin the Eskimo woman as being always content with a circulating decimal of a husband instead of a whole unit, nor would such presentment be just.
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Did you ever know a circulating decimal come to an end?’
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