nonterminating decimal

[non-tur-muh-ney-ting]

non·ter·mi·nat·ing dec·imal

[non-tur-muh-ney-ting]
noun Mathematics.
a decimal numeral that does not end in an infinite sequence of zeros (contrasted with terminating decimal).
Also called infinite decimal.


Origin:
1905–10; non- + terminating
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Nonterminating decimal is always a great word to know.
So is explicit. Does it mean:
an expression or a proposition, often algebraic, asserting the equality of two quantities
a function having the dependent variable expressed directly in terms of the independent variables, such as y = 3x + 4
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