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)
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