repeating

verb

1. 1

   Also a form of repeatpresent participle and gerund of repeat

adjective

1. 1

   That repeats; repetitive.

2. 2

   Of a firearm: capable of firing multiple times without needing recharging.

3. 3

   Of a decimal: recurring.

4. 4

   Of a decimal: recurring. When reading out a repeating decimal, denotes where the periodic part begins.

   one point two repeating three four

noun

1. 1

   Repetition.

   What the moderns could mean by their suppression of the final couplet's repeatings, cannot be conceiv'd […]

Forms

plural

repeatings