Meaning & use
repeating decimal
A decimal number in which one or more digits repeat infinitely in a set pattern.
See it in a sentence
The fraction one-third equals 0.333..., a repeating decimal where the digit three repeats forever.
Students learn to write a repeating decimal using a bar over the repeating digits.
A note on using this word
A repeating decimal always represents a rational number, one that can be written as a fraction of two integers.
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