Complete Definition of "recursive"

English

Etymology

Adjective
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en-adj

  1. Drawing upon itself; as, the recursive nature of stories which borrow from each other
  2. mathematics uncomparable of an expression, each term of which is determined by applying a formula to preceding terms
  3. computing uncomparable of a program or function that calls itself

#:Example: the factorial function -
#:: f(0) = 1
#:: f(n) = n x f(n-1) for any natural number where n > 0

  1. comptheory uncomparable (Of a function) which can be computed by a theoretical model of a computer, in a finite amount of time
  2. comptheory uncomparable (Of a set) whose characteristic function is recursive (4)

Related terms
recursivity
recurrent
recurrence
recursion

Derived terms
recursive acronym
tail recursive

Translations
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Croatian: t-|hr|rekurzivan
Dutch: recursief, recursieve
Finnish: rekursiivinen, toistuva
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French: récursif
Portuguese: recursivo

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