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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RECURSION

n.[L. recursus, recurro; re and curro, to run. ] Return. [Little used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

RECURSION

Re *cur "sion (-shn ), n. Etym: [L. recursio. See Recur. ]

 

Defn: The act of recurring; return. [Obs. ] Boyle.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

recursion

re cur sion |riˈkərZHən rəˈkərʒən | ▶noun Mathematics & Linguistics the repeated application of a recursive procedure or definition. • a recursive definition. ORIGIN 1930s: from late Latin recursio (n- ), from recurrere ‘run back ’ (see recur ).

 

recursion formula

re cur sion for mu la ▶noun Mathematics an equation relating the value of a function for a given value of its argument (or arguments ) to its values for other values of the argument (s ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

recursion

recursion |rɪˈkəːʃ (ə )n | ▶noun [ mass noun ] Mathematics & Linguistics the repeated application of a recursive procedure or definition. • [ count noun ] a recursive definition. ORIGIN 1930s: from late Latin recursio (n- ), from recurrere ‘run back ’ (see recur ).

 

recursion formula

re |cur |sion for |mula ▶noun Mathematics an equation relating the value of a function for a given value of its argument (or arguments ) to its values for other values of the argument (s ).