recurring decimal

American  

noun

1. Mathematics. repeating decimal.

---

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

---

recurring decimal Scientific  

/ rĭ-kûr′ĭng /

1. See repeating decimal

---

Etymology

Origin of recurring decimal

First recorded in 1795–1805

Example Sentences

See Examples For:

recurring decimal

Find the value of the recurring decimal 2.214214....

From A Review of Algebra by Romeyn Henry Rivenburg

Three," said Katherine taking one last look at the empty horizon, then seating herself in front of her friend, "three is a recurring decimal.

From A Rock in the Baltic by Robert Barr

The trouble is that every science has a beginning but not an end, like a recurring decimal.

From The Chorus Girl and Other Stories by Constance Garnett

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

From Alarms and Discursions by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton

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

From Theological Essays by Charles Bradlaugh