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repeating
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Repeating \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 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.
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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)
Repeat \Re*peat"\ (-p?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Repeated; p. pr. & vb. n. Repeating.] [F. r['e]p['e]ter, L. repetere; pref. re- re- + petere to fall upon, attack. See Petition.]
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To go over again; to attempt, do, make, or utter again; to iterate; to recite; as, to repeat an effort, an order, or a poem. ``I will repeat our former communication.''
--Robynson (More's Utopia).Not well conceived of God; who, though his power Creation could repeat, yet would be loth Us to abolish.
--Milton. To make trial of again; to undergo or encounter again. [Obs.]
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(Scots Law) To repay or refund (an excess received).
To repeat one's self, to do or say what one has already done or said.
To repeat signals, to make the same signals again; specifically, to communicate, by repeating them, the signals shown at headquarters.
Syn: To reiterate; iterate; renew; recite; relate; rehearse; recapitulate. See Reiterate.
Wiktionary
1 That repeats; repetitive. 2 Of a firearm: capable of firing multiple times without needing recharge. 3 (context mathematics English) Of a decimal: recurring. n. repetition v
(present participle of repeat English)
WordNet
n. the act of doing or performing again [syn: repetition]
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "repeating".
This step completed, he passed one of the aromatic branches several times over the candle flame, dipped it in the glowing water, and sprinkled Alec from head to foot, repeating the flame and water process several times.
In this particular message, he switched to another alphabet after 24 letters, but in another example he followed the more normal procedure of repeating the alphabets over and over again in groups of 24.
Cushions and bedclothes were scattered everywhere, colourful animatic dolls waddled around, either laughing or repeating their catch phrases.
He was repeating it for a third time when the black mesh curtain which divided the right-hand apse from the atrium was struck aside.
Sibyl at once gave a full and truthful account of what had taken place, repeating her own remarks, and omitting only the fact that it was through her design that Bibbs had overheard them.
Henri Bienvenue, Grant was repeating to himself, getting the exact spelling fixed in his mind.
I was merely repeating the stories going around that a man very much resembling the Vice-President of the United States was seen in the city driving a Bimbo Bread truck.
A student sits on a pallet repeating phrases from a textbook, his voice half prayerful with drowsiness, as everywhere, mathematics coinciding with the will to live.
She told me that her husband had gone to Geneva to buy a repeating watch, and that he would not return till next day, and that she could spend the night with me.
They take with them a wooden bottle of cyder, and drink it, repeating the charm before mentioned.
I tripped lightly down the long northern slope with facilis descensus on my lips, and toiled up again, repeating sed revocare gradum.
Here stood an alabaster cup containing spirits of wine which I kindled, repeating magical words which I did not understand, but which she said after me, giving me the letter addressed to Selenis.
Though he saw nothing moving, some creature in the nearest clump of trees kept repeating a musical dovelike call.
He also had an occasional lapse into echolalia, repeating his own words again and again.
Feeling strange as well, for his recent experience had led him to fear that the mere existence of the Henry repeating rifle or the eprouvette mortar made all talk of spirit immediately antique.