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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