recurring decimal
Example Sentences
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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
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
One might edge a wall-paper or fringe a robe with a recurring decimal.
From Alarms and Discursions by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
We might as well make an infinitesimal series of fractions or a perpetually recurring decimal the object of our worship.
From Sophist by Plato
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
