recurring decimal

American  

noun

1. Mathematics. repeating decimal.

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recurring decimal British  

noun

1. Also called: circulating decimal.   repeating decimal.  a rational number that contains a pattern of digits repeated indefinitely after the decimal point

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recurring decimal Scientific  

/ rĭ-kûr′ĭng /

1. See repeating decimal

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Etymology

Origin of recurring decimal

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

They are, they think, in presence of a recurring decimal, and they are not going to spend life in the effort to resolve it.

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The fact is these two numbers are simply the recurring decimals that equal 1/17 and 1/47 respectively.

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This will be readily seen in the case of a pupil seeking to discover the rule for determining the number of repeaters in the addition of recurring decimals.

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As we have to exclude complex and improper fractions and recurring decimals, the simplest solution is this: 79 + 51/3 and 84 + 2/6, both equal 841/3.

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Then Miss Quincey sat up in bed and became lyrical as she described the delirious joy of decimals—recurring decimals—and the rapture of cube-root.

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