circulatory decimal

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Decimal \Dec"i*mal\, 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]