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Decimal \Dec"i*mal\, n.
A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and
almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal
fraction.
Circulating, or Circulatory, decimal, a decimal
fraction in which the same figure, or set of figures, is
constantly repeated; as, 0.354354354; -- called also
recurring decimal, repeating decimal, and repetend.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
Circulatory \Cir"cu*la*to*ry\, a. [L. circulatorius pert. to a
mountebank: cf. F. circulatoire.]
1. Circular; as, a circulatory letter. --Johnson.
2. Circulating, or going round. --T. Warton.
3. (Anat.) Subserving the purposes of circulation; as,
circulatory organs; of or pertaining to the organs of
circulation; as, circulatory diseases.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
Circulatory \Cir"cu*la*to*ry\, n.
A chemical vessel consisting of two portions unequally
exposed to the heat of the fire, and with connecting pipes or
passages, through which the fluid rises from the overheated
portion, and descends from the relatively colder, maintaining
a circulation.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) | ![]() |
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