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Property: background-repeat
Values: repeat, repeat-x, repeat-y, no-repeat
Initial: repeat
Inherited: no

If a background image is specified, the value of 'background-repeat' determines how/if the image is repeated.

A value of 'repeat' means that the image is repeated both horizontally and vertically. The 'repeat-x' ('repeat-y') value makes the image repeat horizontally (vertically), to create a single band of images from one side to the other. With a value of 'no-repeat', the image is not repeated.

      BODY { 
      background: red url(pendant.gif);
      background-repeat: repeat-y;
      }

In the example above, the image will only be repeated vertically.