[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

repeating \repeat"ing\, a.
   doing the same thing over again; accomplishing a given result
   many times in succession; as, a repeating firearm; a
   repeating watch.
   1913 webster

   repeating circle. see the note under circle, n., 3.

   repeating decimal arith., a circulating decimal. see
      under decimal.

   repeating firearm, a firearm that may be discharged many
      times in quick succession; especially:
   a a form of firearm so constructed that by the action of
       the mechanism the charges are successively introduced
       from a chamber containing them into the breech of the
       barrel, and fired.
   b a form in which the charges are held in, and discharged
       from, a revolving chamber at the breech of the barrel.
       see revolver, and magazine gun, under magazine.

   repeating instruments astron.  surv., instruments for
      observing angles, as a circle, theodolite, etc., so
      constructed that the angle may be measured several times
      in succession, and different, but successive and
      contiguous, portions of the graduated limb, before reading
      off the aggregate result, which aggregate, divided by the
      number of measurements, gives the angle, freed in a
      measure from errors of eccentricity and graduation.

   repeating watch. see repeater
   a
       1913 webster
see also:
repeating circle circle repeating decimal decimal repeating firearm revolver 
magazine gun magazine repeating instruments repeating watch repeater 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

decimal \dec"imal\, n.
   a number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and
   almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal
   fraction.
   1913 webster

   circulating decimal, or circulatory decimal, a decimal
      fraction in which the same figure, or set of figures, is
      constantly repeated; as, 0.354354354; -- called also
      recurring decimal, repeating decimal, and repetend.
      1913 webster
see also:
circulating decimal circulatory decimal recurring decimal repeating decimal repetend 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

repeating decimal
     n : a decimal with a sequence of digits that repeats itself
         indefinitely syn: circulating decimal, recurring
         decimal
see also:
circulating decimal recurring decimal 

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