repeating

Repetition.

Adjective

  1. That repeats; repetitive.
  2. Of a firearm: capable of firing multiple times without needing recharging.
  3. Of a decimal: recurring.

    1. When reading out a repeating decimal, denotes where the periodic part begins.

      • one point two repeating three four

Synonyms

recurrent repetitious

Related

repeating back repeating circle repeating coil repeating rifle

Derived

nonrepeating stereorepeating unrepeating

Noun

  1. Repetition.
    • What the moderns could mean by their suppression of the final couplet's repeatings, cannot be conceiv'd […] - 1779, Edward Capell, John Collins, Notes and various readings to Shakespeare:

Forms

repeatings

Synonyms

reiteration repeat

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of repeat