recursive.
Drawing upon, invoking, or referring back to itself.
Meaning & usage
Drawing upon, invoking, or referring back to itself.
the recursive nature of stories which borrow from each other
Having to do with an object (typically a function or formula) which is defined in terms of the object itself.
Having to do with an algorithm, program, subroutine, procedure, function, or other block of code that calls itself.
Having to do with a function which can be computed by a theoretical model of a computer in a finite amount of time.
Having to do with a set whose characteristic function is recursive (sense 4).
Where this word comes from
Learned borrowing from New Latin recursīvus. Equivalent to recurse + -ive.
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