recurring decimal

recurring decimal
    n 1: a decimal with a sequence of digits that repeats itself
         indefinitely [syn: {circulating decimal}, {recurring
         decimal}, {repeating decimal}]
    

Recur \Re*cur"\ (r?*k?r"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Recurred}
   (-k?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Recurring}.] [L. recurrere; pref.
   re- re- + currere to run. See {Current}.]
   1. To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again
      to mind.
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            When any word has been used to signify an idea, the
            old idea will recur in the mind when the word is
            heard.                                --I. Watts.
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   2. To occur at a stated interval, or according to some
      regular rule; as, the fever will recur to-night.
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   3. To resort; to have recourse; to go for help.
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            If, to avoid succession in eternal existence, they
            recur to the "punctum stans" of the schools, they
            will thereby very little help us to a more positive
            idea of infinite duration.            --Locke.
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   {Recurring decimal} (Math.), a circulating decimal. See under
      {Decimal}.

   {Recurring series} (Math.), an algebraic series in which the
      coefficients of the several terms can be expressed by
      means of certain preceding coefficients and constants in
      one uniform manner.
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Decimal \Dec"i*mal\, n.
   A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and
   almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal
   fraction.
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   {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}.
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