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REPEATING
repetition, repeating
(noun) the act of doing or performing again
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
repeating
present participle of repeat
Adjective
repeating (not comparable)
That repeats; repetitive.
Of a firearm: capable of firing multiple times without needing recharging.
(mathematics) Of a decimal: recurring.
Synonyms
• (that repeats): recurrent, repetitious; see also repetitive
Noun
repeating (countable and uncountable, plural repeatings)
repetition
Synonyms
• reiteration, repeat; see also reoccurrence
Anagrams
• interpage, pignerate
Source: Wiktionary
Re*peat"ing, a.
Definition: Doing the same thing over again; accomplishing a given result many times in succession; as, a repeating firearm; a repeating watch. Repeating circle. See the Note under Circle, n., 3.
– Repeating decimal (Arith.), a circulating decimal. See under Decimal.
– Repeating firearm, a firearm that may be discharged many times in quick succession; especially: (a) A form of firearm so constructed that by the action of the mechanism the charges are successively introduced from a chamber containing them into the breech of the barrel, and fired. (b) A form in which the charges are held in, and discharged from, a revolving chamber at the breech of the barrel. See Revolver, and Magazine gun, under Magazine.
– Repeating instruments (Astron. & Surv.), instruments for observing angles, as a circle, theodolite, etc., so constructed that the angle may be measured several times in succession, and different, but successive and contiguous, portions of the graduated limb, before reading off the aggregate result, which aggregate, divided by the number of measurements, gives the angle, freed in a measure from errors of eccentricity and graduation.
– Repeating watch. See Repeater (a)
REPEAT
Re*peat" (-pt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repeated; p. pr. & vb. n. Repeating.] Etym: [F. répéter, L. repetere; pref. re- re- + petere to fall upon, attack. See Petition.]
1. To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem. "I will repeat our former communication." Robynson (More's Utopia). Not well conceived of God; who, though his power Creation could repeat, yet would be loth Us to abolish. Milton.
2. To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again. [Obs.] Waller.
3. (Scots Law)
Definition: To repay or refund (an excess received). To repeat one's self, to do or say what one has already done or said.
– To repeat signals, to make the same signals again; specifically, to communicate, by repeating them, the signals shown at headquarters.
Syn.
– To reiterate; iterate; renew; recite; relate; rehearse; recapitulate. See Reiterate.
Re*peat" (r-pt"), n.
1. The act of repeating; repetition.
2. That which is repeated; as, the repeat of a pattern; that is, the repetition of the engraved figure on a roller by which an impression is produced (as in calico printing, etc.).
3. (Mus.)
Definition: A mark, or series of dots, placed before and after, or often only at the end of, a passage to be repeated in performance.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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