terminating decimal

terminating decimal

noun Mathematics.
a decimal numeral in which, after a finite number of decimal places, all succeeding place values are 0, as 1/8 = 0.125 (contrasted with nonterminating decimal).
Also called finite decimal.


Origin:
1905–10
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Terminating decimal is always a great word to know.
So is fraction. Does it mean:
a number usually expressed in the form a/b, a ratio of algebraic quantities similarly expressed
a formula for determining additional values or derivatives of a function from the relationship of its given values
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