DOn's definitions

.3~

.3~ or .3 repeating is commonly thought to equal 1/3. Believers of this idea claim that because the number of decimals is infinite, that it must equal 1/3. They sometimes use the supporting example that .33333333=1/3, therefore .66666666=2/3 therefore .99999999= 3/3, or 1. To prove this wrong, you need to consider 2 things. First, and most sensible, 10 is not divisible by 3. Therefore, no matter how many .3's you use, they will never be able to complete the whole number 1. The second thing you need to consider is that with .33333~, you will always be off by just a little from achieving 1/3. This is why when you use a calculator and enter 1/3, the decimal given is .333333334.

.33333333x3= .99999999
.33333334x3=1.02
The answer of what decimal multiplied by 3 equals one is lurking somewhere in between those 2.

by Don June 30, 2005

Flag boy

A homosexual.

Typically a homosexual that prides himself on being gay, and needs everyone else to know it.

Those Flag boys are being far too loud.

by Don September 25, 2006

liberal

A conservative who has not been mugged yet.

He wont be liberal after he gets his ass kicked by a loose druggie.

by don February 19, 2007