recurring

récurrent, répétitif

Qui se produit plusieurs fois, souvent à intervalles réguliers.

En anglais simple : Happening again and again, often at regular times.

• She has a recurring dream about flying.
• A recurring payment leaves my account each month.
• The doctor asked about his recurring headaches.

Synonymes : repeated, recurrent

Contraires : one-off

Expressions courantes : recurring problem, recurring dream, recurring payment

périodique

Se dit d’un nombre décimal où un chiffre ou un groupe de chiffres se répète sans fin.

En anglais simple : Describes a decimal number in which the same digit or group of digits repeats forever.

• One third is a recurring decimal.
• The recurring digits in this number are three and seven.
• Can you turn this recurring decimal into a fraction?

Synonymes : repeating

Contraires : terminating

Expressions courantes : recurring decimal, recurring digits, recurring decimal expansion