RECURRING DECIMAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does recurring decimal mean? 

• RECURRING DECIMAL (noun)
  The noun RECURRING DECIMAL has 1 sense:

1. a decimal with a sequence of digits that repeats itself indefinitely

  Familiarity information: RECURRING DECIMAL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RECURRING DECIMAL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A decimal with a sequence of digits that repeats itself indefinitely

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

circulating decimal; recurring decimal; repeating decimal

Hypernyms ("recurring decimal" is a kind of...):

decimal; decimal fraction (a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10)