Definition of Repeateng
Re*peat"ing, a. 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, n., 3. -- Repeating
decimal (Arith.), a circulating decimal. See
under Decimal. -- Repeating firearm,
a firearm that may be discharged many times in quick
succession; especially: (a) A form of firearm
so constructed that by the action of the mechanism the charges are
successively introduced from a chamber containing them into the breech
of the barrel, and fired. (b) A form in which
the charges are held in, and discharged from, a revolving chamber at
the breech of the barrel. See Revolver, and Magazine
gun, under Magazine. -- Repeating
instruments (Astron. & Surv.), 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)
Re*peat"ing, a. 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, n., 3. -- Repeating
decimal (Arith.), a circulating decimal. See
under Decimal. -- Repeating firearm,
a firearm that may be discharged many times in quick
succession; especially: (a) A form of firearm
so constructed that by the action of the mechanism the charges are
successively introduced from a chamber containing them into the breech
of the barrel, and fired. (b) A form in which
the charges are held in, and discharged from, a revolving chamber at
the breech of the barrel. See Revolver, and Magazine
gun, under Magazine. -- Repeating
instruments (Astron. & Surv.), 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)
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- That repeats; repetitive.
- Of a firearm: capable of firing multiple times without needing recharging.
- (mathematics) Of a decimal: recurring.
- Present participle of repeat.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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