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RECURSIVE
recursive
(adjective) of or relating to a recursion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
recursive (comparative more recursive, superlative most recursive)
drawing upon itself, referring back.
(mathematics, not comparable) of an expression, each term of which is determined by applying a formula to preceding terms
(computing, not comparable) of a program or function that calls itself
(computing theory, not comparable, of a function) which can be computed by a theoretical model of a computer, in a finite amount of time
(computing theory, not comparable, of a set) whose characteristic function is recursive (4)
Antonyms
• non-recursive
Hypernyms
• (of a set, whose characteristic function is recursive): recursively enumerable
Hyponyms
• (of a function): primitive recursive, tail recursive
Source: Wiktionary
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