nonterminating decimal

[ non-tur-muh-ney-ting des-uh-muhl ]

nounMathematics.
  1. a decimal numeral that does not end in an infinite sequence of zeros (contrasted with terminating decimal).

Origin of nonterminating decimal

1
1905–10; non- + terminating

Words Nearby nonterminating decimal

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