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Pressumably that refers to the fact that the number of decimals is finite (not infinite). For example, if you divide 1 / 8, you get a finite number of decimals:

0.125

It ends there. Any further decimal digits would be zero, and can be omitted. On the other hand, if you divide 1 / 3, you get:

0.33333...

The 3s continue indefinitely.

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