recurring decimal
Mathematics. repeating decimal.
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How to use recurring decimal in a sentence
We might as well make an infinitesimal series of fractions or a perpetually recurring decimal the object of our worship.
Sophist | PlatoThe positions of these balls clearly convert his figure into the recurring decimal .
The Canterbury Puzzles | Henry Ernest DudeneyAnd Squeith shall immediately be set to work on that recurring decimal.
Twos and Threes | G. B. SternIts only a recurring decimal, and if we quickly put in the dot to stop the leakage, theres no need that it should ever recur.
Twos and Threes | G. B. SternOne might edge a wall-paper or fringe a robe with a recurring decimal.
Alarms and Discursions | G. K. Chesterton
British Dictionary definitions for recurring decimal
a rational number that contains a pattern of digits repeated indefinitely after the decimal point: Also called: circulating decimal, repeating decimal
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Scientific definitions for recurring decimal
[ rĭ-kûr′ĭng ]
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