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repeating decimal

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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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