| repeating | 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. <mathematics> Repeating decimal, 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 Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| addition polymer | <chemistry> A polymer which is formed from the fusion of two monomers which join completely without losing any small molecules. (15 Jan 1998) |
| condensation polymer | <chemistry> The kind of polymer that is formed by the combination of monomers and the release of a small molecules at the point where monomers are joined. (05 Jan 1998) |
| polymer | <chemistry> A macromolecule made of repeating (monomer) units or protomers. (18 Nov 1997) |
| polymer fume fever | An occupational disease marked by fever, pain in the chest, and cough caused by the inhalation of fumes given off by a plastic, polytetrafluorethylene, when heated. (05 Mar 2000) |