recursive

adjective

Meaning

Drawing upon itself, referring back.
Of an expression, each term of which is determined by applying a formula to preceding terms
Of a program or function that calls itself
(of a function) which can be computed by a theoretical model of a computer, in a finite amount of time
(of a set) whose characteristic function is recursive (4)

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Related words

algorithmic(English)recursion(English)recurrent(English)recurring(English)return(English)recurrence(English)appellant(English)self-referential(English)recursively(English)resolver(English)parser(English)backtracking(English)

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