REPETEND

Etymology

From Latin repetendum (something to be repeated)

Noun

repetend (plural repetends)

A refrain (having repeated words, sounds or phrases).

(mathematics) A repeated part in repeating decimals.

Anagrams

• repented

Source: Wiktionary


Rep`e*tend (rp`-tnd"), n. Etym: [L. repetendus to be repeated, fr. repetere to repeat.] (Math.)

Definition: That part of a circulating decimal which recurs continually, ad infinitum: -- sometimes indicated by a dot over the first and last repetend is 283.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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