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Webster 1913 Edition

Repeating

Re-peat′ing

,
Adj.
Doing the same thing over again; accomplishing a given result many times in succession;
as, a
repeating
firearm; a
repeating
watch
.
Repeating circle
.
See the Note under
Circle
,
Noun.
, 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)

Webster 1828 Edition

Repeating

REPE'ATING

,
ppr.
Doing or uttering again.

Definition 2024

repeating

repeating

English

Verb

repeating

  1. present participle of repeat

Adjective

repeating ‎(comparative more repeating, superlative most repeating)

  1. That repeats; repetitive.
  2. Of a firearm: capable of firing multiple times without needing recharging.
  3. (mathematics) Of a decimal: recurring.

Related terms

  • repeating back
  • repeating circle
  • repeating coil

Translations

Noun

repeating ‎(countable and uncountable, plural repeatings)

  1. repetition
    • 1779, Edward Capell, ‎John Collins, Notes and various readings to Shakespeare
      What the moderns could mean by their suppression of the final couplet's repeatings, cannot be conceiv'd […]

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