01 a. Doing the same thing over again; accomplishing a given result many times in succession; as, a repeating firearm; a repeating watch.
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Doing the same thing over again; accomplishing a given result many times in succession; as, a repeating firearm; a repeating watch.
Phrases & compounds
Repeating decimal —
a circulating decimal. See under Decimal.
Repeating firearm —
a firearm that may be discharged many times in quick succession
Repeating instruments —
instruments for observing angles, as a circle, theodolite, etc., so constructed that the angle may be measured several times in succession, and different, but successive and contiguous, portions of the graduated limb, before reading off the aggregate result, which aggregate, divided by the number of measurements, gives the angle, freed in a measure from errors of eccentricity and graduation.
Repeating watch —
See Repeater (a)