tāruarua
1. (verb) (-tia) to repeat over and over, by rote.
Ka tahuri rā ia ki te ako tonu i a ia; nā te mea kāore anō ia i mōhio ki te tuhi, ki te kōrero pukapuka rānei, i tāruarua ai tana momo ako i a ia ki ngā pātai me ngā whakautu o te whakamātautau (TTR 1998:45). / He set about teaching himself because he was still unable to read or write, his method of learning was to learn the examination questions and answers by rote.
2. (modifier) repeated, reduplicated.
Ahakoa ngā epa tāruarua, i haere tonu te mahinga o te huarahi (Ng 1993:390). / Despite repeated objections, the road construction continued.
3. (modifier) recurring, repetitive.
Ko tā te tauira tāruarua, he whakaputa haere i te pūtaketake o te tauira (TRP 2010:263). / The purpose of a repetitive pattern is to bring out the base element of the pattern.
Synonyms: auau
4. (noun) repetition, repeating.
Mā te tāruarua i te tauira taki o tētahi puoro e puta ai tōna ūngeri (RTP 2015:98). / The rhythm of a piece of music comes from its repeating pattern of beats (RTP 2015:98).
Synonyms: tukurua, tāruatanga, tuaruatanga, pūrua
tauira tāruarua
1. (noun) repeating pattern.
E tohua ana te pūtaketake o te tauira kōwhaiwhai nei. Ka kīia tēnei momo tauira he tauira tāruarua nā te mea ka tāruaruatia te pūtaketake o te tauira (TRP 2010:271). / The base element of this kōwhaiwhai pattern is indicated. This type of pattern is called a repeating pattern because the base element of the pattern is repeated.
tāpiritanga tāruarua
1. (noun) repeated addition.
Ko te whakareatanga te whiriwhiri i te tapeke o ētahi rōpū ōrite, arā, he whakapoto i te tāpiritanga tāruarua o aua rōpū. Hei tauira, ko te tapeke o ngā rōpū e 3 o te 4: 4 + 4 + 4 = 4 x 3 = 12. Ko te whakareatanga tētahi o ngā pakeho tau matua (TRP 2010:325). / Multiplication is finding the total of a number of equal groups, as in a shortened form of repeated addition. For example, the total of 3 groups of 4: 4 + 4 + 4 = 4 x 3 = 12. Multiplication is one of the main number operations (TRP 2010:325).
tau ā-ira tāruarua
1. (noun) recurring decimal.
Ko te tau ā-ira tāruarua: Arā ētahi hautanga kāore e taea te tuhi hei hautanga o te tekau, o te rau, o te mano, o tētahi atu taupūtanga rānei o te tekau. Ki te pēnei, ka tāruaruatia tētahi, ētahi rānei o ngā mati o te hautanga ā-ira. Ka tuhia he tongi ki runga ake i ngā mati e tāruaruatia ana (TRP 2010:268). / Recurring decimal: Some fractions cannot be expressed exactly as a fraction of 10, of 100, of 1,000, or of any other power of 10. In these cases, one or more of the decimal digits is repeated indefinitely. A dot is placed above the digits that are repeated (TRP 2010:268).
