repeating decimal
noun
: a decimal in which after a certain point a particular digit or sequence of digits repeats itself indefinitely compare terminating decimal
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The real numbers, for example, include every point on the number line, even the strange ones like π that have endless, non-repeating decimal representations.
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Quanta Magazine, 20 Feb. 2019
The short way to say this is that pi is an irrational number, one that cannot be represented as a fraction and thus has an infinite and never-repeating decimal expansion.
—Dan Rockmore /, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2018
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Quanta Magazine, 20 Feb. 2019
The short way to say this is that pi is an irrational number, one that cannot be represented as a fraction and thus has an infinite and never-repeating decimal expansion.
—Dan Rockmore /, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2018
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“Repeating decimal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/repeating%20decimal. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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