recursive

Meaning

1. drawing upon itself, referring back.
2. (not-comparable) of an expression, each term of which is determined by applying a formula to preceding terms
3. (not-comparable) of a program or function that calls itself
4. (not-comparable) which can be computed by a theoretical model of a computer, in a finite amount of time
5. (not-comparable) whose characteristic function is recursive (4)

Synonyms

recurrent

computable

decidable

fractal

inductive

Translations

rekursiv

recursivo

récursif

recursief

αναδρομικός

recursivo

recursiu

ricorsivo

repetitivo

recurrente

recursiva

iteractivo

yinelemeli

ardından eklenen

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)sɪv/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from New Latin recursīvus. Equivalent to recurse + -ive