recursive
English edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from New Latin recursīvus. Equivalent to recurs + -ive
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The factorial function -
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recursive (comparative more recursive, superlative most recursive)
- drawing upon itself, referring back.
- The recursive nature of stories which borrow from each other
- (mathematics, not comparable) of an expression, each term of which is determined by applying a formula to preceding terms
- (computing, not comparable) of a program or function that calls itself
- (computing theory, not comparable, of a function) which can be computed by a theoretical model of a computer, in a finite amount of time
- (computing theory, not comparable, of a set) whose characteristic function is recursive (4)
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Hypernyms edit
- (of a set, whose characteristic function is recursive): recursively enumerable
Hyponyms edit
- (of a function): primitive recursive, tail recursive
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Translations edit
drawing upon itself
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mathematics: of an expression, in which each term is determined by applying a formula to preceding terms
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computing: of a program or function that calls itself
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computing: of a function which can be computed in a finite amount of time
computing: of a set whose characteristic function is recursive
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