recurring decimal

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Find the value of the recurring decimal 2.214214....

From A Review of Algebra by Rivenburg, Romeyn Henry

One might edge a wall-paper or fringe a robe with a recurring decimal.

From Alarms and Discursions by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)

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

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