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Webster 1913 Edition


Repetend

Repˊe-tend

(r?pˊ?-t?nd′)
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Noun.
[L.
repetendus
to be repeated, fr.
repetere
to repeat.]
(Math.)
That part of a circulating decimal which recurs continually, ad infinitum: – sometimes indicated by a dot over the first and last figures; thus, in the circulating decimal .728328328 + (otherwise .72̇83̇), the repetend is 283.

Webster 1828 Edition


Repetend

REPETEND;

,
Noun.
[L. repetendus, repeto.] The parts of decimals continually repeated.

Definition 2024


repetend

repetend

English

Noun

repetend (plural repetends)

  1. A refrain (having repeated words, sounds or phrases)
  2. (mathematics) A repeating decimal

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