repeating : Idioms & Phrases

• . See the Note under Circle, n., 3.

Webster 1913

• noun a decimal with a sequence of digits that repeats itself indefinitely
  recurring decimal; circulating decimal.
  

WordNet

• (Arith.), a circulating decimal. See under Decimal.

Webster 1913

• noun a firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading
  repeater.
  

WordNet

• 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. also called automatic weapon

Webster 1913

• (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.

Webster 1913

• . See Repeater (a)

Webster 1913