repeating decimal

American  

noun

Mathematics.

1. a decimal numeral that, after a certain point, consists of a group of one or more digits repeated ad infinitum, as 2.33333 …. or 23.0218181818 ….

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repeating decimal British  

noun

1. another name for recurring decimal

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repeating decimal Scientific  

/ rĭ-pē′tĭng /

1. A decimal in which a pattern of one or more digits is repeated indefinitely, such as 0.353535 …

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Etymology

Origin of repeating decimal

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

In the following exercises, write each repeating decimal as a fraction.

From Textbooks • May 6, 2020

An interesting use of infinite geometric series is to write a repeating decimal as a fraction.

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TRY IT : : 12.56 Write the repeating decimal 0.

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TRY IT : : 12.55 Write the repeating decimal 0.

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True, America is free; but in order to establish tradition some one must be a repetend—a repeating decimal.

From The Trimmed Lamp, and other Stories of the Four Million by Henry, O.