repeater

[Eng. repeat, v.; -er.] I. Ordinary Language : 1. One who repeats; one who recites or rehearses. 2. A fraudulent voter; one who votes or attempts to vote more than once. II. Technically : 128888 272727 1. Arith .: An indeterminate decimal in which the same figures continually recur or are repeated. A pure repeater, or circulating decimal, is one in which the repetition goes on from the beginning; as, 3333 A mixed repeater is one in which the repetition does not begin till after the intervention of a figure or figures; as,., . Pure and mixed., '0113636 repeaters are generally written down only to the end of the first period, a dot being placed over the first and last figures of that period: thus, 3 represents the pure repeater 333 and 36 represents '3636., .; 639 represents 639639, .; 138 represents 13888 . The term is also applied to the dot or dots placed over the period repeated. [REPETEND.] 2. Fire - arms : An arm which may be caused to fire several succe ive shots without reloading. [REVOLVER.] "The Bullard repeater , with the same weight of powder and bullet as the Martin, gave very steady shooting." - Field , Feb. 13, 1886. 3. Horol.: A watch or clock made to strike the time when a spring is pushed in. Some strike the hour and quarters, others the hour, quarter, and odd minutes. 4. Naut .: A ve el, usually a frigate, appointed to attend each admiral in a fleet, and to repeat signal he makes, with which she diately sails to the ship for which it is intended, or the whole length of the fleet when the signal is general. Called also a Repeating ship. 5. Teleg.: The same as RELAY (q. v.). rě-peating, pr . par.or a . [REPEAT, v.] Doing the same thing over again; producing a like result several times in succe ion; as, a repeating fire-arm which discharges several shots in succe ion without reloading; a repeating watch which strikes the hours and quarters when a spring is pre ed in, . repeating-circle, s A reflecting instrument, on the principle of the sextant, for measuring angular distances. repeating-ship, s. [REPEATER, II. 4.] *re-pe-da-tion, s. [Lat. repedatus , pa, par. of repedo to go back: re -back, and pes (gen it.ped is) =a foot.] The act of going back; return, retrogre ion. "You shall find direction, station, and repedation in these planets." Dr. H. More Song of the Soul (Notes), p. 406. rě-pěl, *re-pell, *re-pelle, v . t . & i . [Latin revello to drive back: reback, and pello = to drive; Sp. repeler ; Port. repellir ; Ital. repellere .] A. Transitive : 1. To drive back, to force back; to check the advance of, to repulse. "They were succe ful in repelling the invaders." Scott : Norman Horse-shoe. (Introd. note.) 2. To encounter or resist succe fully; to oppose, to resist. "Evil which proceeds from the will is called a mischief, and may be simply repelled ." -War burton : Alliance between Church and State , bk. iii., ch. iii. IMG:content-0459.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0460.png:[blocks in formation] IMG:content-0461.png:[blocks in formation] "'Tis scarce a repent able sin." -Gauden: Teares of the Church, p. 65.