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Definition of Repeating

1. Noun. The act of doing or performing again.

Definition of Repeating

1. a. Doing the same thing over again; accomplishing a given result many times in succession; as, a repeating firearm; a repeating watch.

Definition of Repeating

1. Verb. (present participle of repeat) ¹

2. Adjective. That repeats; repetitive. ¹

3. Adjective. Of a firearm: capable of firing multiple times without needing recharging. ¹

4. Adjective. (mathematics) Of a decimal: recurring. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Repeating

1. repeat [v] - See also: repeat

Medical Definition of Repeating

1. Doing the same thing over again; accomplishing a given result many times in succession; as, a repeating firearm; a repeating watch. Repeating circle. See the Note under Circle. Repeating decimal, 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 Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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