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terminating decimal

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noun

Mathematics.

  1. a decimal numeral in which, after a finite number of decimal places, all succeeding place values are 0, as ⅛ = 0.125 (nonterminating decimal ).

Etymology

Origin of terminating decimal

First recorded in 1905–10

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