"interminable" meaning in English

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    "en:Time"
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      "name": "inh"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "frm",
        "3": "interminable"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle French interminable",
      "name": "der"
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        "3": "interminābilis"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin interminābilis",
      "name": "der"
    },
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        "3": "terminable"
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      "name": "surf"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English interminable, from Middle French interminable and its etymon Late Latin interminābilis. By surface analysis, in- + terminable.",
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    {
      "form": "interminables",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "categories": [
        "English dated terms",
        "en:Mathematics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A repeating decimal."
      ],
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          "mathematics",
          "mathematics"
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          "repeating decimal"
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        "(mathematics, dated) A repeating decimal."
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        "dated"
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        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
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