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Repeater

in arithmetic, an indeterminate decimal in which the same figures continually recur or are repeated.

In firearms, an arm which may be caused to fire several successive shots without reloading. In horology, 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. In telegraphy the same as relay.

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