RECURRING

recurring, revenant

(adjective) coming back; “a revenant ghost”

RECUR

recur, repeat

(verb) happen or occur again; “This is a recurring story”

recur, go back

(verb) return in thought or speech to something

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Verb

recurring

present participle of recur

Adjective

recurring (comparative more recurring, superlative most recurring)

Happening or occurring frequently, with repetition.

(mathematics) Of a decimal: having a set of digits that is repeated indefinitely.

Synonyms

• (happening or occurring frequently): recurrent, repetitive; see also repetitive

Noun

recurring (plural recurrings)

A recurrence; a coming round again.

Synonyms

• reiteration, repeat; see also reoccurrence

Source: Wiktionary

RECUR

Re*cur" (r*kr"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Recurred (-krd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Recurring.] Etym: [L. recurrere; pref.re- re- + currere to run. See Current.]

1. To come back; to return again or repeatedly; to come again to mind. When any word has been used to signify an idea, the old idea will recur in the mind when the word is heard. I. Watts.

2. To occur at a stated interval, or according to some regular rule; as, the fever will recur to-night.

3. To resort; to have recourse; to go for help. If, to avoid succession in eternal existence, they recur to the "punctum stans" of the schools, they will thereby very little help us to a more positive idea of infinite duration. Locke. Recurring decimal (Math.), a circulating decimal. See under Decimal.

– Recurring series (Math.), an algebraic series in which the coefficients of the several terms can be expressed by means of certain preceding coefficients and constants in one uniform manner.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition