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decimal
(mass) | decimal
- desatinný, desiatkový, desatina |
decimal
(encz) | decimal,desetinný adj: Zdeněk Brož |
decimal
(encz) | decimal,desítkový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Decimal
(gcide) | Decimal \Dec"i*mal\, a. [F. d['e]cimal (cf. LL. decimalis), fr.
L. decimus tenth, fr. decem ten. See Ten, and cf. Dime.]
Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens;
having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten
times the unit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal
coinage.
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Decimal arithmetic, the common arithmetic, in which
numeration proceeds by tens.
Decimal fraction, a fraction in which the denominator is
some power of 10, as 2/10, [frac25x100], and is usually
not expressed, but is signified by a point placed at the
left hand of the numerator, as .2, .25.
Decimal point, a dot or full stop at the left of a decimal
fraction. The figures at the left of the point represent
units or whole numbers, as 1.05.
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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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decimal
(wn) | decimal
adj 1: numbered or proceeding by tens; based on ten; "the
decimal system" [syn: decimal, denary]
n 1: a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10 [syn:
decimal fraction, decimal]
2: a number in the decimal system |
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hexadecimal
(mass) | hexadecimal
- hexadecimálny |
hexadecimalny
(msasasci) | hexadecimalny
- hexadecimal |
hexadecimalny format
(msasasci) | hexadecimalny format
- hex format |
circulating decimal
(encz) | circulating decimal, n: |
decimal digit
(encz) | decimal digit, n: |
decimal fraction
(encz) | decimal fraction,desetinný zlomek Zdeněk Brož |
decimal notation
(encz) | decimal notation, n: |
decimal number system
(encz) | decimal number system, n: |
decimal numeration system
(encz) | decimal numeration system, n: |
decimal place
(encz) | decimal place,desetinné místo Zdeněk Brož |
decimal point
(encz) | decimal point,desetinná čárka n: Zdeněk Broždecimal point,desetinná tečka n: Stanislav Horáček |
decimal separator
(encz) | decimal separator,desetinná čárka n: josedecimal separator,desetinná tečka n: josedecimal separator,oddělovač desetinných míst n: Stanislav Horáček |
decimal system
(encz) | decimal system,desetinný systém n: RNDr. Pavel Piskačdecimal system,desítková soustava n: Zdeněk Brož |
decimal system of classification
(encz) | decimal system of classification, n: |
decimalisation
(encz) | decimalisation,decimalizace n: Zdeněk Brož |
decimalise
(encz) | decimalise,decimalizovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
decimalization
(encz) | decimalization,decimalizace n: Zdeněk Brož |
decimalize
(encz) | decimalize, v: |
decimals
(encz) | decimals,desetinná čísla n: Zdeněk Brož |
duodecimal
(encz) | duodecimal,duodecimální adj: Zdeněk Brožduodecimal,dvanáctkový adj: Zdeněk Brož |
hexadecimal
(encz) | hexadecimal,hexadecimální Hynek Hankehexadecimal,šestnáctkové číslo Hynek Hankehexadecimal,šestnáctkový Hynek Hanke |
hexadecimal notation
(encz) | hexadecimal notation, n: |
hexadecimal number system
(encz) | hexadecimal number system, n: |
hexadecimal system
(encz) | hexadecimal system, n: |
recurring decimal
(encz) | recurring decimal, n: |
repeating decimal
(encz) | repeating decimal, n: |
sexadecimal notation
(encz) | sexadecimal notation, n: |
sexadecimal number system
(encz) | sexadecimal number system, n: |
decimalizace
(czen) | decimalizace,decimalisationn: Zdeněk Broždecimalizace,decimalizationn: Zdeněk Brož |
decimalizovat
(czen) | decimalizovat,decimalisev: Zdeněk Brož |
Bougie d'ecimale
(gcide) | Bougie d'ecimale \Bou*gie" d['e]`ci`male"\ [F., lit., decimal
candle.]
A photometric standard used in France, having the value of
one twentieth of the Violle platinum standard, or slightly
less than a British standard candle. Called also {decimal
candle}.
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Centropomus undecimalis
(gcide) | Sea pike \Sea" pike`\ (Zool.)
(a) The garfish.
(b) A large serranoid food fish (Centropomus undecimalis)
found on both coasts of America; -- called also robalo.
(c) The merluce.
[1913 Webster]Snook \Snook\, n. [D. snoek.] (Zool.)
(a) A large perchlike marine food fish ({Centropomus
undecimalis}) found both on the Atlantic and Pacific
coasts of tropical America; -- called also ravallia,
and robalo.
(b) The cobia.
(c) The garfish.
[1913 Webster]Robalo \Rob"a*lo\, n. [Sp. r['o]balo.]
Any of several pikelike marine fishes of the West Indies and
tropical America constituting the family Oxylabracidae,
esp. the largest species (Oxylabrax undecimalis, syn.
Centropomus undecimalis), a valuable food fish called also
snook, the smaller species being calledCentropomus \Centropomus\ n.
the type genus of the Centropomidae, comprising the
snooks, and including Centropomus undecimalis, a large
bony sport fish also esteemed as food.
Syn: genus Centropomus.
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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.
[1913 Webster]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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Circulatory 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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Decimal
(gcide) | Decimal \Dec"i*mal\, a. [F. d['e]cimal (cf. LL. decimalis), fr.
L. decimus tenth, fr. decem ten. See Ten, and cf. Dime.]
Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens;
having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten
times the unit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal
coinage.
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Decimal arithmetic, the common arithmetic, in which
numeration proceeds by tens.
Decimal fraction, a fraction in which the denominator is
some power of 10, as 2/10, [frac25x100], and is usually
not expressed, but is signified by a point placed at the
left hand of the numerator, as .2, .25.
Decimal point, a dot or full stop at the left of a decimal
fraction. The figures at the left of the point represent
units or whole numbers, as 1.05.
[1913 Webster]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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Decimal arithmetic
(gcide) | Decimal \Dec"i*mal\, a. [F. d['e]cimal (cf. LL. decimalis), fr.
L. decimus tenth, fr. decem ten. See Ten, and cf. Dime.]
Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens;
having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten
times the unit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal
coinage.
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Decimal arithmetic, the common arithmetic, in which
numeration proceeds by tens.
Decimal fraction, a fraction in which the denominator is
some power of 10, as 2/10, [frac25x100], and is usually
not expressed, but is signified by a point placed at the
left hand of the numerator, as .2, .25.
Decimal point, a dot or full stop at the left of a decimal
fraction. The figures at the left of the point represent
units or whole numbers, as 1.05.
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decimal candle
(gcide) | Bougie d'ecimale \Bou*gie" d['e]`ci`male"\ [F., lit., decimal
candle.]
A photometric standard used in France, having the value of
one twentieth of the Violle platinum standard, or slightly
less than a British standard candle. Called also {decimal
candle}.
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Decimal fraction
(gcide) | Fraction \Frac"tion\, n. [F. fraction, L. fractio a breaking,
fr. frangere, fractum, to break. See Break.]
1. The act of breaking, or state of being broken, especially
by violence. [Obs.]
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Neither can the natural body of Christ be subject to
any fraction or breaking up. --Foxe.
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2. A portion; a fragment.
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Some niggard fractions of an hour. --Tennyson.
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3. (Arith. or Alg.) One or more aliquot parts of a unit or
whole number; an expression for a definite portion of a
unit or magnitude.
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Common fraction, or Vulgar fraction, a fraction in which
the number of equal parts into which the integer is
supposed to be divided is indicated by figures or letters,
called the denominator, written below a line, over which
is the numerator, indicating the number of these parts
included in the fraction; as 1/2, one half, 2/5, two
fifths.
Complex fraction, a fraction having a fraction or mixed
number in the numerator or denominator, or in both.
--Davies & Peck.
Compound fraction, a fraction of a fraction; two or more
fractions connected by of.
Continued fraction, Decimal fraction, Partial fraction,
etc. See under Continued, Decimal, Partial, etc.
Improper fraction, a fraction in which the numerator is
greater than the denominator.
Proper fraction, a fraction in which the numerator is less
than the denominator.
[1913 Webster]Decimal \Dec"i*mal\, a. [F. d['e]cimal (cf. LL. decimalis), fr.
L. decimus tenth, fr. decem ten. See Ten, and cf. Dime.]
Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens;
having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten
times the unit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal
coinage.
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Decimal arithmetic, the common arithmetic, in which
numeration proceeds by tens.
Decimal fraction, a fraction in which the denominator is
some power of 10, as 2/10, [frac25x100], and is usually
not expressed, but is signified by a point placed at the
left hand of the numerator, as .2, .25.
Decimal point, a dot or full stop at the left of a decimal
fraction. The figures at the left of the point represent
units or whole numbers, as 1.05.
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Decimal point
(gcide) | Decimal \Dec"i*mal\, a. [F. d['e]cimal (cf. LL. decimalis), fr.
L. decimus tenth, fr. decem ten. See Ten, and cf. Dime.]
Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens;
having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten
times the unit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal
coinage.
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Decimal arithmetic, the common arithmetic, in which
numeration proceeds by tens.
Decimal fraction, a fraction in which the denominator is
some power of 10, as 2/10, [frac25x100], and is usually
not expressed, but is signified by a point placed at the
left hand of the numerator, as .2, .25.
Decimal point, a dot or full stop at the left of a decimal
fraction. The figures at the left of the point represent
units or whole numbers, as 1.05.
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decimalisation
(gcide) | decimalisation \decimalisation\ n.
same as decimalization.
Syn: decimalization.
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decimalise
(gcide) | decimalise \decimalise\ v.
1. same as decimalize.
Syn: decimalize.
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decimalism
(gcide) | decimalism \dec"i*mal*ism\, n.
The system of a decimal currency, decimal weights, measures,
etc.
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decimalization
(gcide) | decimalization \decimalization\ n.
the act of changing to a decimal system; as, the
decimalization of the British currency.
Syn: decimalisation.
[WordNet 1.5]Decimalize \Dec"i*mal*ize\, v. t.
to convert the dominant units of measure (e.g. of currency)
to a decimal-based system; to reduce to a decimal system; as,
to decimalize the currency. -- Dec`i*mal*i*za"tion, n.
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Decimalization
(gcide) | decimalization \decimalization\ n.
the act of changing to a decimal system; as, the
decimalization of the British currency.
Syn: decimalisation.
[WordNet 1.5]Decimalize \Dec"i*mal*ize\, v. t.
to convert the dominant units of measure (e.g. of currency)
to a decimal-based system; to reduce to a decimal system; as,
to decimalize the currency. -- Dec`i*mal*i*za"tion, n.
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Decimalize
(gcide) | Decimalize \Dec"i*mal*ize\, v. t.
to convert the dominant units of measure (e.g. of currency)
to a decimal-based system; to reduce to a decimal system; as,
to decimalize the currency. -- Dec`i*mal*i*za"tion, n.
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Decimally
(gcide) | Decimally \Dec"i*mal*ly\, adv.
By tens; by means of decimals.
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Duodecimal
(gcide) | Duodecimal \Du`o*dec"i*mal\, a. [L. duodecim twelve. See
Dozen.]
Proceeding in computation by twelves; expressed in the scale
of twelves. -- Du`o*dec"i*mal*ly, adv.
[1913 Webster]Duodecimal \Du`o*dec"i*mal\, n.
1. A twelfth part; as, the duodecimals of an inch.
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2. pl. (Arch.) A system of numbers, whose denominations rise
in a scale of twelves, as of feet and inches. The system
is used chiefly by artificers in computing the superficial
and solid contents of their work.
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Duodecimal unit
(gcide) | Unit \U"nit\, n. [Abbrev. from unity.]
1. A single thing or person.
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2. (Arith.) The least whole number; one.
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Units are the integral parts of any large number.
--I. Watts.
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3. A gold coin of the reign of James I., of the value of
twenty shillings. --Camden.
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4. Any determinate amount or quantity (as of length, time,
heat, value) adopted as a standard of measurement for
other amounts or quantities of the same kind.
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5. (Math.) A single thing, as a magnitude or number, regarded
as an undivided whole.
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Abstract unit, the unit of numeration; one taken in the
abstract; the number represented by 1. The term is used in
distinction from concrete, or determinate, unit, that is,
a unit in which the kind of thing is expressed; a unit of
measure or value; as 1 foot, 1 dollar, 1 pound, and the
like.
Complex unit (Theory of Numbers), an imaginary number of
the form a + broot-1, when a^2 + b^2 = 1.
Duodecimal unit, a unit in the scale of numbers increasing
or decreasing by twelves.
Fractional unit, the unit of a fraction; the reciprocal of
the denominator; thus, 1/4 is the unit of the fraction
3/4.
Integral unit, the unit of integral numbers, or 1.
Physical unit, a value or magnitude conventionally adopted
as a unit or standard in physical measurements. The
various physical units are usually based on given units of
length, mass, and time, and on the density or other
properties of some substance, for example, water. See
Dyne, Erg, Farad, Ohm, Poundal, etc.
Unit deme (Biol.), a unit of the inferior order or orders
of individuality.
Unit jar (Elec.), a small, insulated Leyden jar, placed
between the electrical machine and a larger jar or
battery, so as to announce, by its repeated discharges,
the amount of electricity passed into the larger jar.
Unit of heat (Physics), a determinate quantity of heat
adopted as a unit of measure; a thermal unit (see under
Thermal). Water is the substance generally employed, the
unit being one gram or one pound, and the temperature
interval one degree of the Centigrade or Fahrenheit scale.
When referred to the gram, it is called the gram degree.
The British unit of heat, or thermal unit, used by
engineers in England and in the United States, is the
quantity of heat necessary to raise one pound of pure
water at and near its temperature of greatest density
(39.1[deg] Fahr.) through one degree of the Fahrenheit
scale. --Rankine.
Unit of illumination, the light of a sperm candle burning
120 grains per hour. Standard gas, burning at the rate of
five cubic feet per hour, must have an illuminating power
equal to that of fourteen such candles.
Unit of measure (as of length, surface, volume, dry
measure, liquid measure, money, weight, time, and the
like), in general, a determinate quantity or magnitude of
the kind designated, taken as a standard of comparison for
others of the same kind, in assigning to them numerical
values, as 1 foot, 1 yard, 1 mile, 1 square foot, 1 square
yard, 1 cubic foot, 1 peck, 1 bushel, 1 gallon, 1 cent, 1
ounce, 1 pound, 1 hour, and the like; more specifically,
the fundamental unit adopted in any system of weights,
measures, or money, by which its several denominations are
regulated, and which is itself defined by comparison with
some known magnitude, either natural or empirical, as, in
the United States, the dollar for money, the pound
avoirdupois for weight, the yard for length, the gallon of
8.3389 pounds avoirdupois of water at 39.8[deg] Fahr.
(about 231 cubic inches) for liquid measure, etc.; in
Great Britain, the pound sterling, the pound troy, the
yard, or 1/108719 part of the length of a second's
pendulum at London, the gallon of 277.274 cubic inches,
etc.; in the metric system, the meter, the liter, the
gram, etc.
Unit of power. (Mach.) See Horse power.
Unit of resistance. (Elec.) See Resistance, n., 4, and
Ohm.
Unit of work (Physics), the amount of work done by a unit
force acting through a unit distance, or the amount
required to lift a unit weight through a unit distance
against gravitation. See Erg, Foot Pound,
Kilogrammeter.
Unit stress (Mech. Physics), stress per unit of area;
intensity of stress. It is expressed in ounces, pounds,
tons, etc., per square inch, square foot, or square yard,
etc., or in atmospheres, or inches of mercury or water, or
the like.
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Duodecimally
(gcide) | Duodecimal \Du`o*dec"i*mal\, a. [L. duodecim twelve. See
Dozen.]
Proceeding in computation by twelves; expressed in the scale
of twelves. -- Du`o*dec"i*mal*ly, adv.
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Oxylabrax undecimalis
(gcide) | Robalo \Rob"a*lo\, n. [Sp. r['o]balo.]
Any of several pikelike marine fishes of the West Indies and
tropical America constituting the family Oxylabracidae,
esp. the largest species (Oxylabrax undecimalis, syn.
Centropomus undecimalis), a valuable food fish called also
snook, the smaller species being called |
Recurring decimal
(gcide) | Recur \Re*cur"\ (r?*k?r"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Recurred
(-k?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Recurring.] [L. recurrere; pref.
re- re- + currere to run. See Current.]
1. To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again
to mind.
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When any word has been used to signify an idea, the
old idea will recur in the mind when the word is
heard. --I. Watts.
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2. To occur at a stated interval, or according to some
regular rule; as, the fever will recur to-night.
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3. To resort; to have recourse; to go for help.
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If, to avoid succession in eternal existence, they
recur to the "punctum stans" of the schools, they
will thereby very little help us to a more positive
idea of infinite duration. --Locke.
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Recurring decimal (Math.), a circulating decimal. See under
Decimal.
Recurring series (Math.), an algebraic series in which the
coefficients of the several terms can be expressed by
means of certain preceding coefficients and constants in
one uniform manner.
[1913 Webster]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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recurring decimal
(gcide) | Recur \Re*cur"\ (r?*k?r"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Recurred
(-k?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Recurring.] [L. recurrere; pref.
re- re- + currere to run. See Current.]
1. To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again
to mind.
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When any word has been used to signify an idea, the
old idea will recur in the mind when the word is
heard. --I. Watts.
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2. To occur at a stated interval, or according to some
regular rule; as, the fever will recur to-night.
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3. To resort; to have recourse; to go for help.
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If, to avoid succession in eternal existence, they
recur to the "punctum stans" of the schools, they
will thereby very little help us to a more positive
idea of infinite duration. --Locke.
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Recurring decimal (Math.), a circulating decimal. See under
Decimal.
Recurring series (Math.), an algebraic series in which the
coefficients of the several terms can be expressed by
means of certain preceding coefficients and constants in
one uniform manner.
[1913 Webster]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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Repeating decimal
(gcide) | Repeating \Re*peat"ing\, a.
Doing the same thing over again; accomplishing a given result
many times in succession; as, a repeating firearm; a
repeating watch.
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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)
[1913 Webster]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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repeating decimal
(gcide) | Repeating \Re*peat"ing\, a.
Doing the same thing over again; accomplishing a given result
many times in succession; as, a repeating firearm; a
repeating watch.
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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)
[1913 Webster]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
(wn) | circulating decimal
n 1: a decimal with a sequence of digits that repeats itself
indefinitely [syn: circulating decimal, {recurring
decimal}, repeating decimal] |
decimal digit
(wn) | decimal digit
n 1: a digit from 0 to 9 in decimal notation |
decimal fraction
(wn) | decimal fraction
n 1: a proper fraction whose denominator is a power of 10 [syn:
decimal fraction, decimal] |
decimal notation
(wn) | decimal notation
n 1: any notation that uses 10 different characters (usually the
digits 0 to 9) |
decimal number system
(wn) | decimal number system
n 1: a positional system of numeration that uses decimal digits
and a base of ten [syn: decimal numeration system,
decimal number system, decimal system] |
decimal numeration system
(wn) | decimal numeration system
n 1: a positional system of numeration that uses decimal digits
and a base of ten [syn: decimal numeration system,
decimal number system, decimal system] |
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