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recurring decimal

noun

  1. Mathematics. repeating decimal.


recurring decimal

noun

  1. a rational number that contains a pattern of digits repeated indefinitely after the decimal point Also calledcirculating decimalrepeating decimal
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recurring decimal

/ rĭ-kûrĭng /

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Word History and Origins

Origin of recurring decimal1

First recorded in 1795–1805
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Example Sentences

We might as well make an infinitesimal series of fractions or a perpetually recurring decimal the object of our worship.

The positions of these balls clearly convert his figure into the recurring decimal .

And Squeith shall immediately be set to work on that recurring decimal.

Its only a recurring decimal, and if we quickly put in the dot to stop the leakage, theres no need that it should ever recur.

One might edge a wall-paper or fringe a robe with a recurring decimal.

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