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Definition of Repeating decimal
1. Noun. A decimal with a sequence of digits that repeats itself indefinitely.
Definition of Repeating decimal
1. Noun. (mathematics) A decimal representation of a real number that, at some point, becomes periodic (and repeats the same sequence of digits indefinitely) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Repeating Decimal
Literary usage of Repeating decimal
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"It is commonly used for finding incommensurable roots (ie, such as involve an
interminable decimal which is not a repeating decimal), but it may be used ..."
2. The Mathematical Theory of Investment by Ernest Brown Skinner (1913)
"Another example is the determination of the limit toward which a repeating decimal
like .333 • • • tends. The repeating decimal may be written in the form ..."
3. Complete Arithmetic by George Wentworth, David Eugene Smith (1909)
"Thus the decimal 0.272727 ... is a repeating decimal, the figures constantly ...
In writing a repeating decimal we stop with the last figure of the ..."
4. A Practical Arithmetic by George Albert Wentworth (1897)
"In writing a repeating decimal, we stop with the last figure of the ... To change
a repeating decimal to a common fraction. 1. ..."
5. A Practical Arithmetic by George Albert Wentworth (1902)
"A decimal that contains a constantly recurring ^figure or series of figures is
called a repeating decimal or a circulating decimal. ..."
6. A Practical Arithmetic by George Albert Wentworth (1902)
"In writing a repeating decimal, we stop with the last figure of the ... To change
a repeating decimal to a common fraction. 1. ..."
7. A Practical Arithmetic by George Albert Wentworth (1899)
"In writing a repeating decimal, we stop with the last figure of the ... To change
a repeating decimal to a common fraction. 1. ..."
8. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1857)
"... in the majority of cases the quantity cannot be divided by (3) without a
remainder, and in many cases division by (3) produces a repeating decimal. ..."
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