recursive

re cur sive |riˈkərsiv rəˈkərsɪv | ▶adjective characterized by recurrence or repetition, in particular: • Mathematics & Linguistics relating to or involving the repeated application of a rule, definition, or procedure to successive results. • Computing relating to or involving a program or routine of which a part requires the application of the whole, so that its explicit interpretation requires in general many successive executions. DERIVATIVES re cur sive ly adverb ORIGIN late 18th cent. (in the general sense ): from late Latin recurs- ‘returned ’ (from the verb recurrere ‘run back ’) + -ive. Specific uses have arisen in the 20th cent.

recursive

re |cur |sive |rɪˈkəːsɪv | ▶adjective characterized by recurrence or repetition, in particular: • Mathematics & Linguistics relating to or involving the repeated application of a rule, definition, or procedure to successive results. • Computing relating to or involving a program or routine of which a part requires the application of the whole, so that its explicit interpretation requires in general many successive executions. DERIVATIVES recursively adverb ORIGIN late 18th cent. (in the general sense ): from late Latin recurs- ‘returned ’ (from the verb recurrere ‘run back ’) + -ive. Specific uses have arisen in the 20th cent.