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re⋅cur⋅sive

  [ri-kur-siv]
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–adjective
1. pertaining to or using a rule or procedure that can be applied repeatedly.
2. Mathematics, Computers. pertaining to or using the mathematical process of recursion: a recursive function; a recursive procedure.
Origin:
1935–40; recurs(ion) + -ive

Related forms:
re⋅cur⋅sive⋅ly, adverb
re⋅cur⋅sive⋅ness, noun
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re·cur·sion   (rĭ-kûr'zhən)   
n.   Mathematics

  1. An expression, such as a polynomial, each term of which is determined by application of a formula to preceding terms.

  2. A formula that generates the successive terms of a recursion.


[Late Latin recursiō, recursiōn-, a running back, from Latin recursus, past participle of recurrere, to run back; see recur.]
re·cur'sive adj.
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recursive
recursion

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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