"recurse" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ɹɪˈkɜː(ɹ)s/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-recurse.wav [Southern-England] Forms: recurses [present, singular, third-person], recursing [participle, present], recursed [participle, past], recursed [past]
Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s Etymology: Back-formation from recursion. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*ḱers-}}, {{back-form|en|recursion}} Back-formation from recursion Head templates: {{en-verb}} recurse (third-person singular simple present recurses, present participle recursing, simple past and past participle recursed)
  1. (intransitive, computing) To execute a procedure recursively. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Computing Related terms: recourse, recur, recurrent, recurrence, recursion, recursive, recursivity Translations (Translations): rekursera (Swedish)

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