CIRCULATING DECIMAL Definition & Meaning

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circulating decimal

noun

Mathematics. repeating decimal.

circulating decimal

noun

another name for recurring decimal

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of circulating decimal¹

First recorded in 1760–70

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To repeat your arguments all over again, will simply lead to his doing the same, and so you will go on like a circulating decimal.

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I wouldn't like to picture our cousin the Eskimo woman as being always content with a circulating decimal of a husband instead of a whole unit, nor would such presentment be just.

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Did you ever know a circulating decimal come to an end?’

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