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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Definitions recursion noun  The act of recurring. (mathematics) The act of defining an object (usually a function) in terms of that object itself. n! = n &times; (n &minus; 1)! (for n > 0) or 1 (for n = 0) defines the factorial function using recursion. (computing) The calling of a function from within that same function. This function uses recursion to compute factorials. The image below was generated using recursion, embedding a (former) image of this page in the image itself, then reducing this in size and embedding it in the image itself, and so on. <div style="float:right;margin:0 0 1em 1em;"></div> Translations:  Dutch: recursie French: recursion Spanish: recursión German: Rekursion Etymology: recursio (recurrere), running again, from prefix re-, again, + cursio, running, from cursus, perfect passive participle of currire, run, + noun of action suffix -io        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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