recursive
Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)sɪv/
The English word “recursive” has 5 meanings listed here.
adjective
- Drawing upon, invoking, or referring back to itself.
- Having to do with an object (typically a function or formula) which is defined in terms of the object itself.
- Having to do with an algorithm, program, subroutine, procedure, function, or other block of code that calls itself.
- Having to do with a function which can be computed by a theoretical model of a computer in a finite amount of time.
- Having to do with a set whose characteristic function is recursive (sense 4).
Etymology
Learned borrowing from New Latin recursīvus. Equivalent to recurse + -ive.
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