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
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
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
Find the value of the recurring decimal 2.214214....
From A Review of Algebra by Rivenburg, Romeyn Henry
