recurring

Etymology

verb

1. present participle and gerund of recur

adj

1. Happening or occurring frequently, with repetition.
   He has recurring asthma attacks.
   Revenge is a recurring theme in this novel.
2. (mathematics, not comparable) Of a decimal: having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely.
   Every rational number can be written as either a terminating decimal or a recurring decimal.

noun

1. A recurrence; a coming round again.
   Winter, here, is a dimension of all reality, not one-fourth of the spiritual year's endless recurrings. 2009, Martin E. Marty, A Cry of Absence: Reflections for the Winter of the Heart, page 21