It means that there is a repeating pattern to the numbers on the right side of the decimal point.
examples:
5.111111111111 (about 5 and one-ninth)
7.333333333333 (about 7 and one-third)
There can be a pattern also:
4.567456745674...
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It is not clear what you mean by a repeating whole number!
If you mean: 0.181818.....18 repeating then as a fraction it is 2/11
If you mean both 53 repeating then as a fraction it is 53/99
the repeating term of a decimal
If it is the same digit then technically the answer is yes. However, many people write 1.33 when they really mean 1.33 ... - the repeating decimal.