recurring decimal
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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 Charles Bradlaugh
Find the value of the recurring decimal 2.214214....
From A Review of Algebra by Romeyn Henry Rivenburg
Three," said Katherine taking one last look at the empty horizon, then seating herself in front of her friend, "three is a recurring decimal.
From A Rock in the Baltic by Robert Barr
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 Constance Garnett
One might edge a wall-paper or fringe a robe with a recurring decimal.
From Alarms and Discursions by G. K. (Gilbert Keith) Chesterton
