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recursive definition

–noun Logic.
a definition consisting of a set of rules such that by repeated application of the rules the meaning of the definiendum is uniquely determined in terms of ideas that are already familiar.

Origin:
1935–40
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The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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