repetendn.
/ˈrɛpᵻtɛnd/, /ˌrɛpᵻˈtɛnd/, U.S. /ˈrɛpəˌtɛnd/ 1. Mathematics. The digit or sequence of digits repeated in a recurring decimal fraction. Also figurative.
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the world > relative properties > number > ratio or proportion > fraction > [noun] > decimal > recurring
repetend1714
repeater1721
interminate decimal1728
recurring decimal1748
circulate1769
circulating decimal1838
recurrer1875
1714 S. Cunn New Treat. Fractions 62 The Figure or Figures continually circulating, may be called a Repetend.
1730 A. Malcolm New Syst. Arithm. Pref. p. xii His [sc. Cunn's] Rule for the Addition of Circulates having compound Repetends is insufficient for a general Rule.
1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. III. v. xiii. 198 A chain of character evidence without end; an arithmetical repetend.
1964 A. H. Beiler Recreations in Theory of Numbers xi. 83 A number which consists of a repetend of a single digit is sometimes called a monodigit number.
2003 G. R. Jensen Arithm. Teachers vi. 278 We multiplied by a power of 10 for which the power is equal to the length of the repetend.
2. A recurring note, word, or phrase; a refrain.
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the mind > language > speech > repetition > [noun] > something repeated
overword?a1513
sanctus1594
reassumption1611
dixit1628
overcome?a1800
parrot cry1814
stereotype1850
repetend1874
parrot-echo1892
society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > pitch > [noun] > same pitch > note of same pitch > repetition of
monotony1636
monotone1644
repetend1874
1874 J. G. Holland Mistress of Manse vii. 6 Then [the bells] faltered to their closing toll Whose long, monotonous repetend [etc.].
1880 Scribner's Monthly May 116 In ‘The Raven’, ‘Lenore’, and elsewhere, he employed the repetend also.
1895 C. A. Smith Repetit. & Parall. 17 The first 7 stanzas observe alternate initial repetition, ‘Puisque’ being the repetend employed.
1910 Mod. Lang. Notes 25 95/1 It has long been known..that the repetends of Ulalume, Lenore and The Raven were suggested by Coleridge.
1992 Lit. & Ling. Computing 7 241/2 There was a special emphasis on the analysis of repeated structures..as well as of..phrasal repetends in Chaucer.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
repetendadj.
/ˈrɛpᵻtɛnd/, /ˌrɛpᵻˈtɛnd/, U.S. /ˈrɛpəˌtɛnd/ rare (chiefly poetic).
That is or is to be repeated.
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1898 T. H. Rand At Minas Basin 154 List to the repetend note, Multiplex tone of the sea, Refrain of grief, of mirth.
1929 R. Bridges Test. Beauty iv. 181 Taketh repetend life and exuberant difformity of disorder'd growth.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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