Translation for 'recurring decimal' from English to French

recurring decimal

fraction {f} périodiquemath.

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recurring

périodique {adj} [maladie]méd.

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decimal

décimal {m}

décimal {adj}math.

decimal logarithm

logarithme {m} décimalmath.

circulating decimal

fraction {f} périodiquemath.

decimal fraction

fraction {f} décimalemath.

decimal point

virgule {f} (décimale)math.

decimal numeral system [also: base-ten positional numeral system]

système {m} décimalmath.

• In the table below, the notation .6... represents the value 6/9 or 2/3 (recurring decimal 6).
• A fraction which is cyclic thus has a recurring decimal of even length that divides into two sequences in nines' complement form.
• Square roots of positive numbers are not in general rational numbers, and so cannot be written as a terminating or recurring decimal expression.
• For base 10 it is called a repeating decimal or recurring decimal.
• There are two ways to write the real number 1 as a recurring decimal: as 1.000..., and as 0.999....

• This is because every rational number has a recurring decimal expansion.