recurring decimal
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We might as well make an infinitesimal series of fractions or a perpetually recurring decimal the object of our worship.
From Sophist by Plato
The trouble is that every science has a beginning but not an end, like a recurring decimal.
From The Chorus Girl and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance
One might edge a wall-paper or fringe a robe with a recurring decimal.
From Alarms and Discursions by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
Find the value of the recurring decimal 2.214214....
From A Review of Algebra by Rivenburg, Romeyn Henry
They are, they think, in presence of a recurring decimal, and they are not going to spend life in the effort to resolve it.
From Theological Essays by Bradlaugh, Charles
