\Re*peat"ing\, a.
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}, n., 3.
{Repeating decimal} (Arith.), a circulating decimal. See
   under {Decimal}.
{Repeating firearm}, a firearm that may be discharged many
   times in quick succession; especially:
(a) A form of firearm so constructed that by the action of
    the mechanism the charges are successively introduced
    from a chamber containing them into the breech of the
    barrel, and fired.
(b) A form in which the charges are held in, and discharged
    from, a revolving chamber at the breech of the barrel.
    See {Revolver}, and {Magazine gun}, under {Magazine}.
{Repeating instruments} (Astron. & Surv.), 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}
(a)