recursive
Use Recursive in a sentence
sɪv 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.
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recursion (rɪˈkɜːʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | the act or process of returning or running back |
| 2. | logic, maths the application of a function to its own values to generate an infinite sequence of values. The recursion formula or clause of a definition specifies the progression from one term to the next, as given the base clause f(0) = 0, f(n + 1) = f(n) + 3 specifies the successive terms of the sequence f(n) = 3n |
| [C17: from Latin recursio, from recurrere | |
| re'cursive | |
| —adj | |
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Example sentences
The author provides an introduction to a recursive formulation of the series expansions of the underlying integrals.
He presented an alternative approach to recursion theory using graphs of recursive functions as recursively enumerable sets.
No limit is placed on the number of recursive calls.
Recursive models are not new and suffer from the flaw that the bangs and the crunches are not symmetrical.
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