Dictionary entry

Repetend

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Rep′e‐tend (r?p′?–t?nd″), n. [L. repetendus to be repeated, fr. repetere to repeat.] (Math.) That part of a circulating decimal which recurs continually, ad infinitum: — sometimes indicated by a dot over the first and last figures; thus, in the circulating decimal.728328328 + (otherwise.72̇83̇), the repetend is 283.