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▪ I. repeating, vbl. n.|rɪˈpiːtɪŋ|
[f. as repeater + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. repeat in various senses; repetition.
1530Tindale Prol. Deut. Wks. (1573) 21 The calling to minde, & a repeatyng in the harte of the glorious..dedes of God. 1595Shakes. John iv. ii. 19 This acte is as an ancient tale new told; And, in the last repeating, troublesome. 1671W. Montagu in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 500 This..being the repeating of our dearest Madame's loss by a solicitation relating to it. 1762Foote Lyar ii. Wks. 1799 I. 294 In common occurrences there is no repeating after him. 1881Mahaffy Old Greek Educ. xi. 137 The repeating and expounding of the founder's views. 1888Bryce Amer. Commw. II. iii. lxiii. 458 The code..does not forbid falsehood, or malversation, or ballot stuffing, or ‘repeating’.
▪ II. reˈpeating, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That repeats, in various senses of the vb.
1. a. Of watches and clocks, or parts of these.
1688in J. W. Benson Time & T.-tellers (1902) 42 His sole making and managing of all pulling repeating pocket-clocks and watches. 1727Gay Begg. Op. i. viii, The gentleman who was here yesterday about the repeating watch. 1764Ann. Reg. 79 A repeating clock which strikes the hours and quarters. 1803J. Porter Thaddeus (1826) I. ix. 188 He was pressing the repeating spring, which struck five. 1843Penny Cycl. XXVII. 107/2 Fig. 1 represents the repeating-train between the frames. 1884F. J. Britten Watch & Clockm. 226 Repeating Rack..[is] a rack in a repeating watch which is shifted one tooth for each blow that is struck.
b. Of ships (see repeat v. 7 b).
1805Naval Chron. XIII. 466 The Elven, a Repeating Sloop. 1844Ld. Brougham A. Lunel II. iv. 100 The captain's glass told him that it was only a repeating frigate stationed to windward. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk. 568 Frigates and small vessels out of the line were deemed repeating ships.
fig.1810Naval Chron. XXIII. 43 We readily allow the Naval Chronicle to serve as repeating frigate. 1824Scott Redgauntlet ch. xiii, And you a repeating frigate between Summertrees and the Laird!
c. repeating circle, an instrument for measuring angles, in which accuracy is obtained by repeated measurements on a graduated circle. So repeating instrument, repeating theodolet, repeating tripod, etc.
a1815Brewster's Edinb. Encycl. VI. 498 The principle to which the repeating circle owes its existence was discovered by Professor Mayer..in 1758. 1821Troughton in Mem. Astron. Soc. I. (1822) 33 The repeating circle, till within these few years, has been very little used in this country. 1829Pearson Practical Astron. II. 513 A repeating instrument of the simplest construction. 1841Penny Cycl. XIX. 399/2 A watch telescope can scarcely be applied to a repeating theodolet, and we think that the repeating tripod may be so made as to be free from any objection.
d. Of fire-arms: Capable of firing a number of shots in succession without reloading.
1824W. N. Blans Excursion 47, I saw there several of the celebrated ‘repeating swivels.’ 1858Greener Gunnery 413 Revolving or repeating pistols have now become as necessary in war as the rifle. Ibid. 414 The complicated arrangement of all repeating fire-arms. 1880Daily News 17 Nov., A repeating rifle of novel construction.
e. Photogr. repeating back, a form of slide enabling two negatives to be taken on one plate.
1890Woodbury Encyc. Photogr. s.v., There are many forms of studio cameras with repeating backs. 1892Phot. Ann. II. 292 This..possesses the advantage of a repeating back for two cartes..upon one plate.
f. Telegr. and Teleph. repeating coil, a type of transformer used to transmit a signal from one circuit to another without alteration.
1889Telephone I. 494/2 In connection with one or more of the local circuits on the board are placed repeating coils which terminate in single lines in the local exchanges. 1958J. R. G. Smith Elem. Telecomm. Pract. vi. 105 A repeating coil is a special type of transformer in which the ratio of the windings is equal,..and is used to ‘repeat’ speech currents from one part of a circuit to another.
2. a. Arith. Of decimals: Recurring.
1773Encycl. Brit. I. 397/2 Repeating decimals are of two kinds: viz. some consist only of the repeating figures [etc.]. 1847De Morgan Arithm. Bks. 79 Another tract on repeating decimals.
b. Math. (See quot.)
1872Frost Curve Tracing 187 Repeating Curves..whose equations involve trigonometrical functions of the coordinates in the place of the coordinates themselves. The loci of such curves, from the nature of trigonometrical function, are made up of patterns continually repeated in every direction.
3. That repeats a sound.
1709Mrs. Rowe Love & Friendship 43, I..All Day to the repeating leaves complain In mournful Accents. 1839De Quincey Recoll. Lakes Wks. 1862 II. 19 A shout from an aerial height..propagated through repeating bands of men from a distance of many miles.
4. Of a pattern: repeated or recurring uniformly over a surface.
1959Listener 16 Apr. 679/1 Stuffy repeating patterns, ‘folksy’ craftwork. 1967E. Short Embroidery & Fabric Collage iii. 74 Initials could be designed as a separate motif or incorporated into a repeating design. |