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anteperiodo

English translation: non-recurring part (of the decimal)

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Spanish term or phrase:anteperiodo
English translation:non-recurring part (of the decimal)
Entered by: DLyons

06:02 Oct 16, 2015
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Science - Mathematics & Statistics
Spanish term or phrase: anteperiodo
Entre el periodo y la coma hay, como mínimo, una cifra decimal.
Las cifras decimales que no se repiten se denominan anteperiodo:

for Example, in 5.24565656 the 24

TIA
matt robinson
Spain
Local time: 14:03
non-recurring part (of the decimal)
Explanation:
The most natural way to express it IMHO.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2015-10-16 08:46:28 GMT)
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or "of the decimal expansion".
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DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 13:03
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1finite part
Charles Davis
4 +1non-recurring part (of the decimal)
DLyons
4non-recurring digits
Valerie Dee


Discussion entries: 3





  

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21 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
finite part


Explanation:
The "periodo" is called the repetend, but there doesn't seem to be another term for the digit or digits before the repetend.

"the figures before those that repeat are called the finite part"
https://books.google.es/books?id=bl4UAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA70&lpg=PA... (a book published in 1818)

"the decimal before the repeating figures is called the finite part of the decimal"
https://books.google.es/books?id=5XwBAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA150&lpg=P... (this one's from 1836)

For repetend see
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repeating_decimal

Here somebody asks what it is called and an answerer coins the term "prefix", but clearly doesn't know any official term. I wouldn't use "prefix".
http://mathcentral.uregina.ca/QQ/database/QQ.09.08/h/puerto1...

I can't find anything else for this.

Charles Davis
Spain
Local time: 14:03
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 44

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  neilmac: I didn't know this. Handy for future ref. Cheers CD ;)
1 hr
  -> Cheers, Neil ;) Well, maybe, though I have to say I've never needed to say this before, and apparently mathematicians don't need to say it very often since they haven't even invented a proper word for it.
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
non-recurring part (of the decimal)


Explanation:
The most natural way to express it IMHO.

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Note added at 2 hrs (2015-10-16 08:46:28 GMT)
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or "of the decimal expansion".

DLyons
Ireland
Local time: 13:03
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 263

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Thomas Walker: I agree with Charles that it's probably not a good idea to use "prefix"; so if you need to say something about it, I think "non-recurring part" is clear & unambiguous, & not too long.
1 day 9 hrs
  -> Thanks Tom.
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3 days 9 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
non-recurring digits


Explanation:
As the question stated, there may be one or more non-recurring digits before the repeated portion of the number.


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repeating_decimal
Valerie Dee
Uruguay
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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