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repeating decimals

repeating decimals is the plural of repeating decimal.

Meaning of repeating decimal

Noun

repeating decimal (plural repeating decimals)

  1. A decimal representation of a real number that, at some point, becomes periodic (and repeats some sequence of digits infinitely)

Questions about repeating decimals

What is repeating decimals the plural of?
Repeating decimals is the plural of repeating decimal.

Words near repeating decimals in the dictionary

  1. repeatest
  2. repeateth
  3. repeatin'
  4. repeating
  5. repeating decimal
  6. repeating decimals
  7. repeating itself
  8. repeating on
  9. repeating oneself
  10. repeating unit
  11. repeating units

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