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circulating decimal
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Circulating decimal
(gcide) | Decimal \Dec"i*mal\, n.
A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and
almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal
fraction.
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Circulating decimal, or Circulatory decimal, a decimal
fraction in which the same figure, or set of figures, is
constantly repeated; as, 0.354354354; -- called also
recurring decimal, repeating decimal, and repetend.
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Circulating decimal
(gcide) | Circulate \Cir"cu*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Circulated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Circulating.] [L. circulatus, p. p. of
circulare, v. t., to surround, make round, circulari, v. i.,
to gather into a circle. See Circle.]
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1. To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and
return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the
body. --Boyle.
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2. To pass from place to place, from person to person, or
from hand to hand; to be diffused; as, money circulates; a
story circulates.
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Circulating decimal. See Decimal.
Circulating library, a library whose books are loaned to
the public, usually at certain fixed rates.
Circulating medium. See Medium.
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circulating decimal
(wn) | circulating decimal
n 1: a decimal with a sequence of digits that repeats itself
indefinitely [syn: circulating decimal, {recurring
decimal}, repeating decimal] |
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