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periodic decimal — noun : repeating decimal * * * /pear ee od ik, pear /, Math. See repeating decimal … Useful english dictionary
periodic — periodic, periodical Periodic is an adjective only, and although once largely restricted to technical and scientific contexts (e.g. periodic decimal, periodic function, and periodic table), it has become commoner in non technical usage as well… … Modern English usage
periodic — adj. 1 appearing or occurring at regular intervals. 2 of or concerning the period of a celestial body (periodic motion). 3 (of diction etc.) expressed in periods (see PERIOD n. 7a). Phrases and idioms: periodic decimal Math. a set of figures… … Useful english dictionary
periodic fraction — infinite decimal fraction based on recurring numbers (Mathematics) … English contemporary dictionary
Repeating decimal — A decimal representation of a real number is called a repeating decimal (or recurring decimal) if at some point it becomes periodic: there is some finite sequence of digits that is repeated indefinitely. For example, the decimal representation of … Wikipedia
repeating decimal — Math. a decimal numeral that, after a certain point, consists of a group of one or more digits repeated ad infinitum, as 2.33333 ... . or 23.0218181818 ... . Also called circulating decimal, periodic decimal, recurring decimal. [1765 75] * * * … Universalium
Développement décimal de l'unité — En mathématiques, le développement décimal périodique qui s écrit , que l on dénote encore par , ou , représente un nombre réel dont on peut montrer que c e … Wikipédia en Français
repeating decimal — noun A decimal representation of a real number that, at some point, becomes periodic (and repeats the same sequence of digits indefinitely) … Wiktionary
periodical — periodic, periodical Periodic is an adjective only, and although once largely restricted to technical and scientific contexts (e.g. periodic decimal, periodic function, and periodic table), it has become commoner in non technical usage as well… … Modern English usage
Rounding — This article is about numerical rounding. For lip rounding in phonetics, see Labialisation. For other uses, see Rounding (disambiguation). Rounding a numerical value means replacing it by another value that is approximately equal but has a… … Wikipedia
