repeating

repeating

1. present participle of repeat

repeating (not comparable)

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

• repeating back
• repeating circle
• repeating coil

repeating (countable and uncountable, plural repeatings)

1. repetition
   • 1779, Edward Capell, ‎John Collins, Notes and various readings to Shakespeare

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

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