recurring decimal

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

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

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

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

From A Review of Algebra by Rivenburg, Romeyn Henry

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 Barr, Robert

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