repeating
/rɪˈpiːtɪŋ/
noun
- The act of saying or doing something again.
- The repeating of the chorus made the song easy to remember.
- Constant repeating of the same instructions bored the students.
- His repeating of the rumor only made things worse.
adjective
- Happening again and again; done or said multiple times.
- The repeating pattern on the wallpaper made the room feel busy.
- The machine makes a repeating clicking sound when it runs.
- He gave a repeating signal with the flashlight to get our attention.
- Describing a decimal that has a digit or group of digits that repeats infinitely.
- One-third is written as the repeating decimal 0.333...
- Students learn to recognize repeating decimals in math class.
- A repeating decimal like 0.142857142857... can be converted into a fraction.
- Describing a firearm that can fire multiple shots without reloading.
- A repeating firearm allows the shooter to fire several rounds quickly.
- The repeating rifle changed warfare in the 19th century.
- He collected antique repeating pistols from the Civil War era.
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