Repeating Decimal Definition

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noun

A decimal number in which, beyond a certain point, some digit or group of digits is repeated indefinitely (Ex.: 0.47382382382...)

Webster's New World

(mathematics) A decimal representation of a real number that, at some point, becomes periodic (repeats the same sequence of digits indefinitely)

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Singular:

repeating decimal

Plural:

repeating decimals

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