1. the repeating block of digits in a repeating decimal
Usage: mathematics
2. a word, phrase, or sound that is repeated
Usage: literary

Examples

• In the decimal 0.333…, the repetend is 3.
• The fraction 1/7 produces the repetend 142857 when converted to decimal form.
• The repetend in 0.181818… is 18.
• The poet used the phrase as a repetend throughout the verses.
• Each stanza ended with the same repetend for emphasis.
• The repetend 076923 appears in the decimal expansion of 1/13.