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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
re·cur·rence       [ri-kur-uhns, -kuhr-] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.an act or instance of recurring.
2.return to a previous condition, habit, subject, etc.
3.recourse.

[Origin: 1640–50; recur + -ence]
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re·cur       (rĭ-kûr')  Pronunciation Key 
intr.v.   re·curred, re·cur·ring, re·curs
  1. To happen, come up, or show up again or repeatedly.
  2. To return to one's attention or memory.
  3. To return in thought or discourse.
  4. To have recourse: recur to the use of force.


[Latin recurrere : re-, re- + currere, to run; see kers- in Indo-European roots.]

re·cur'rence n.
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recurrence

noun
happening again (especially at regular intervals); "the return of spring" 

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Recurrence

Re*cur"rence\ (r?*k?r"rens), Recurrency \Re*cur"ren*cy\ (-ren*s?), n. [Cf. F. r['e]currence.] The act of recurring, or state of being recurrent; return; resort; recourse.

I shall insensibly go on from a rare to a frequent recurrence to the dangerous preparations. --I. Taylor.

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